This isn’t so much a baby post, as it’s a mommy post, so I guess it still counts for my baby blog! I turn 30 on Thursday. I don’t really have a problem with it (anymore or at this current moment, which is subject to change), but what I do have a problem with is the way my body is reacting! In the past three weeks, I have had some minor to I guess semi-serious health issues and I don’t like it! Not one bit!
The minor one is that I had an infection in toe. Gross, I know. But it made it hard to walk sometimes because of the pressure. So, after a week, I finally made a doctor’s appointment on a Friday for the next Monday. Well, that Sunday, the day Jack was supposed to meet his future girlfriend Hadley, I start to come down with a horrible headache. I haven’t had a real migraine in probably 18 months, so I guess it’s my fault I didn’t recognize the symptoms. It got progressively worse and worse until I ended up passing out and throwing up! I have never passed out with a migraine and of course I was freaked – more because I was at home with the baby than anything. Thank God he was in his swing! So I went to the doctor on Monday for my toe and for passing out. They ran a series of labs, but said everything looked normal. The doctor said it was probably a combination of not eating (which I hadn’t when all of this started about 1PM on a Sunday) and a migraine that caused me to pass out. I got a refill on my migraine medicine (which expired in Nov. 09) and a lecture about the importance of eating three meals a day.
THEN, this past Friday, I’m playing with Jackson on the bed before leaving to have dinner with Tim and April, and when I get off the bed, I notice this pain in my hip. When I climb into the car, it gets much worse. As I sit at the dinner table, it increases a ton. I take some Motrin, but nothing is helping. When we get home, I go upstairs (which hurt like a mother to go up), and lay on the heating pad. Nope, not really helping. Every time I move it gets worse. Finally, around 2AM, Chris gets me leftover pain pills from my c-section. I take two and pass out. I wake up with Jack around 6AM and the pain is still there, but I am able to make it down the stairs to feed the baby and at least walk around without sharp, stabbing pains. I decide I’m going to the walk-in hours at my doctor (rather than ER because that would be no fun) and make my way to Alpharetta at 8AM. Turns out, I have bursitis. (What is this? A bursa is a closed fluid-filled sac that functions as a gliding surface to reduce friction between tissues of the body. The major bursae are located adjacent to the tendons near the large joints, such as the shoulders, elbows, hips, and knees. When the bursa becomes inflamed, the condition is known to as "bursitis.") So, thankfully, nothing serious, but just very painful. I end up getting steroid shot and some pain and anti-inflammatory medicine. The medicine and shot have definitely helped this morning, but I can’t help but thinking…hip pain??? Really??? I’m 30 not 80!
So that’s why I’ve decided that 30 will be my year of taking care of myself. No more skipping meals, or sleep, or exercise, or even haircuts! Taking care of myself will make me a better mom to Jackson and hopefully a better person all around! So goodbye hip pain – you’re not welcome here anymore!
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