MRI COMING THIS WEEK. Limping into the exam room, it pained me to walk and sit on the exam table about my health situation. Welp, an x-ray was in order. The intense pain when walking, sitting or in movement now is seriously in the groin area. The doctor believes something is getting pinched which causes the pain when groin/hip is in motion.
This morning the Hospital telephoned to make an appointment for an MRI. I was relieved that I can get one as a MRI will hopefully show in more detail just what's happening in the hip. This week, I'll continue to ice my hip/groin area and take Ibuprofen for combating the inflammation.
What I can do while waiting for the MRI and on the mend: I can work on paperwork throughout the week instead of doing physical labor. The house will not be as clean as I'd like, but hey that's life. This is a hiccup that I'll have to deal with.
Keeping things in perspective matters. The sun will come up tomorrow and all will be well.
My brother called me for a short visit. He shared that Mom fell. He didn't have all the details so I needed to investigate by contacting my sister who lives near her and ask some questions. I took a chance and phoned my mom not knowing if she was still at the Hospital. I figured if she answered her phone she'd be HoME. If not, she'd be at a Hospital.
She was HoME and we visited about the details of her day. Earlier in the day, an ambulance took her to the Hospital where the medical staff believed she was dehydrated. She had been passing out at HoME. She has not followed through on drinking enough water through the years and has her reasons for doing so. Frustration enters the picture for me knowing she will become dehydrated again in the near future.
After receiving IVs at the Hospital she was released to return HoME. My sister spent the night with Mom. I visited on the phone with my sister for 3 and a half hours after my Mom went to bed. You can imagine all the territory we covered in that amount of time.
Today, I am having a slow paced day and resting my hip. Thankfully, I'm not in pain when in the recliner. This helps. When walking to the bathroom and doing my business, I take some time to do a small task on the way to returning to the recliner. It's about all I can do, but I am in motion. Celebrate every small task done no matter how small and don't torment yourself over what doesn't get done. Rest your mind and body. Tadaah. One can do just that.
You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot force the horse to drink. Mom isn't a horse, but the spirit of free-will is there for her to decide when to drink or not. Mom does not get enough fluid in her tiny body. How many trips to the emergency room will it take before she operates with all cylinders that she must consume more healthy fluids? PASSING OUT can have consequences when hitting the ground. This time she wasn't injured, no bruises, cuts or broken bones. No concussion.
With the not drinking enough water where a multitude of medical doctors and her children say something about not drinking enough fluid, is she desiring the attention she's receiving or is she exercising stubbornness? Is she having her say? You're not going to tell me what to do? It's possible.
Even at 93, she has a right to her opinion. Don't we all? It doesn't always fare well when we get our way. You might pass out, be hauled to the Hospital in an ambulance and find yourself at the ER of the local community facility being told by the medical staff to drink mo' water.
You may not feel like drinking healthy fluids. Do it anyways.
Don't have a love affair with cleaning dirty toilets. Just do it and be done with it. Amen. Same with drinking healthy beverages. Amen.
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2 comments:
I've never had hip issues, but I've have both knees cut on, and my right shoulder rebuilt twice. Can't say that I enjoyed any of it. LOL!
Hello Gene.
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