Update on shoulder/back situation

I believe that I have identified the source of all that pain I had Thursday evening/Friday.

Sometime during Wednesday night I dislocated my left shoulder blade, trapping a nerve and straining the muscles and tendons in the area.

How did I know this? Well, on Friday afternoon I was trying to stretch and mobilise the shoulder so that I didn't have cramped, spasming muscles to add to the problem and there was this moment where the shoulder blade made a nasty klunk-crunch sound and some of the pain started to ease off.

Yeah, I was walking around with a dislocation for thirty-six hours. No wonder it was so painful! And, um, it isn't the first time that I've dislocated things in my sleep.

Anyway, there is still some pain under and around the shoulder blade when move in certain ways or when I don't move and things stiffen up (I suspect the nerve is bruised and things were strained by being out of place for so long), but I'm much more comfortable than I was and I even managed to get out and about a bit yesterday, although I couldn't get my winter tires changed because I couldn't lift my all-seasons into the car. That has been re-scheduled for two weeks time.

I gave in and signed off about half an hour after making my LJ post on Friday because it had got too painful. In retrospect, it was probably stupid to try to work that day. I am comforting myself with the knowledge that even if I'd gone to the doctor there wasn't much should could have done other than send me to a physio for manipulation or possibly tell me to see my specialist. And as I reset everything Friday afternoon, it would have been a wasted trip :-)

Today has been a beautiful day. I actually went out without my big winter coat and took a walk on the boardwalk after church, because it was so beautiful and I love the smell of the sea. It makes up for a sucky Friday and almost makes up for missing my knitting group on Thursday. It's going to rain for the next couple of days, but it's not snow and that continues to make me happy :-)

Silly kittens

Note to self: must make Kate and Annie icon.

I accidentally left the downstairs bathroom door open a few minutes ago. Pure oversight. The door is kept closed so that my little girls don't cause too much havoc and mayhem.

A couple of minutes later I heard the familiar sound of kittens playing with the cord for the Roman blinds. I walked through, spotted them at it and started to firmly tell them off.

Kate just looked at me with the cord dangling from her mouth.

Annie ran and hid. She hid behind the shower curtain.

She hid with her tailing sticking out, trailing beautifully over the side of the bath.

She has a very, very, very fluffy big tail that is as wide as she is.

Um, I laughed. And then tried to tell them off through the giggles. And then had to herd them out of the bathroom because my shoulder won't let me pick them up yet.

My girls brighten up my day :-)

The Great Debate

I am currently reading my lovely hardcover copy of 'Victory of Eagles' by Naomi Novik. Thoroughly enjoying it, but it's definitely not book to be stuffed into a bag and carried around. So I need a transit book.

Part of me wants to start the annual LotR read, particularly as I missed last year's what with all the moving and general craziness. After all, each volume isn't too bad as a bag book and I do love it.

Another part of me knows that I should use the book buying diet as a chance to make progress on the to be read pile before I'm allowed off the leash to buy new things.

Oh, the dilemma! The trauma! The indecision! I turn to you, lovely well-read f-list, to aid me in my moment of need. After all, the last time you lead me to the Fellowship movie and I have since watched Two Towers and there is a good chance that I'll get to Return of the King next weekend. So it all worked out beautifully!

Help me, f-list, you're my only help :-)

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ETA: I'll check the to be read pile then...