#3GoodThings

💜 Cautiously optimistic about steroid shots received yesterday. My hands don't hurt nearly as much. 🤞

💜 Passed a woman in an office and she smelled DELICIOUS and INTOXICATING. Asked her what she was wearing ... 'In the Stars' by Bath & Body Works. Delivery expected Sunday. 😊

💜 Looking forward to a weekend of lounging around, doing nothing! 😎

Have a great Friday evening y'all!

#SteroidInjection #perfume #lazy

It is I, the human pin cushion, after a cortisone injection and dental botox.

Love my new dental specialist who wangled the private health codes to get me cheaper treatment 😁

#SteroidInjection #CortisoneInjection #Botox #Bruxism #Bursitis

George has managed to avoid my bad knee while having a nap. I sneakily snuck on his worming drops. And up for 31 hours now, I think. Lost the ability to count.

#steroidinjection #kneearthritis #gingercat #CatsOfMastodon #insomnia #caturday

27 hours without sleep, thanks to the steroid knee injection. My personal record for someone who needs 10 hours a night. The doctor forgot to mention insomnia is common and can last 1-3 days! I feel like I've drunk gallons of expresso.

#steroid #steroidinjection #arthritis #osteoarthritis #kneearthritis #corticosteroids

Ah yes, that fun chronic pain, arthritic, fibro thing.

So most of you know I deal with fibro, some of you know how fucked my body is with arthritis, especially in the lower spine. We don't even need to mention the other issues that cause me daily problems.

So heres a little fun story.

I have a busy week ahead, including a steroid injection in my shoulder tomorrow morning. So in my wisdom, I decided 3 hours gardening would be a good idea today. This was on legs that were already shaky. Job done, went to the shop to buy tasty bread and cider. Been sitting relaxing for 5 hours. One can of cider down the hatch in that time. Feel relatively okay.

This is where the story turns TMI.

Waddle off to the loo, right hip feels sore. Now I have a tiny bathroom, there is maybe about 8 inches (if that) from edge of toilet seat to bath. So my right hip is wobbly, my thumbs tuck into the waist of my pjs to pull them down....and major wobble, left leg goes, I start to plunge towards the bath at high speed, instinctively throw the left arm out to stop the fall. Left shoulder reminds me that I am not okay, dunt head on bath. Recover self enough to actually pee.

Right hip is now even more wobbly, shoulder that gets stabbed in the morning is screaming at me. Head is a little woozy - like I hope this toot is okay, I can't actually see the screen clearly. Plus side, I might just sleep well tonight.

Thoughts from this - gardening is bad for me, but fuck me, chronic pain and health issues is an absolute pain in the fucking arse. Still smiling at least.....I think!

#ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #Fibromyalgia #Arthritis #SteroidInjection #Ouch