Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Yellow light

Yesterday the base of my spine started hurting exquisitely again. At first I figured it was the apparently unknown infection in my pelvis acting up again since I'm not on antibiotics at the moment. But the pain is slightly different than normal. It's just my right leg and it's more sciatica-like than it usually is. And the pain is particularly sharp right in the middle of my right buttock.

It's feeling a bit better today after I put some ice on it -- thank God! Especially as I was starting to worry I'd have to go to the emergency room and explain all the marks on my ass and listen to them be aghast that I'm getting spanked while on anticoagulants. Though I have to say the bruising really isn't all that bad. I've bruised a lot worse in pre-Coumadin days.

But it does leave me feeling rather concerned.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Have you had your hips checked out for bursitis? It will cause a pain in your leg and bum like that. Debbie

Natty said...

Thanks for the comment, Debbie. LOL - my poor hip has been checked for just about everything at this point! Now I'm trying to get them look at the unusual possibilities rather than just handing me a bottle of morphine and say they don't know. However, the pain from this post has actually calmed a bit over the last two months. But, I do appreciate the suggestion. :)