But Will I Be Able to Dance the Tarentella?

[faustus]

I took my knee to the doctor today - and my getting there two minutes ahead of the appointment was balanced by having then to wait half an hour.

The good news is my blood pressure is on something like 130/90 - which as he put it, is low for me.

The bad news is my leg is full of blood. Short of being drained at the hospital I took the "active rest" and pills route - I have anti-inflammable and painkillers the size of a plate to take.

It strikes me as being much less painful than it was on Monday.

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[fjm.livejournal.com]

Ow!!!

[drasecretcampus.livejournal.com]

And no alcohol with the Codeine Phosphate Hemihydrate/Paracetamol. Boo.

[korintomichi]

Ooh - that sounds awful. Fingers crossed for the "rest and pills". Glad it's less painful.

[drasecretcampus.livejournal.com]

So am I.

[lamentables.livejournal.com]

Blood pressure's low because all the blood is in your leg?

Hope the rest and pills approach works.

[drasecretcampus.livejournal.com]

I didn't fancy being pricked by strangers. ("Whoever you are, I have always depended upon...")

I also want to take a book with me to A&E the hospital. Maybe The Quincunx.

If you remember, Bob, it always takes an inordinate amount of time to find a vein to extract blood.

This doctor has a casual approach to BP though. Didn't seem bothered.

Next appointment is on Friday, to see progress. The trick is to balance the active and the rest. Does that include going to see The Good the Bad and the Ugly? Therapy? I can see a certain amount of taxis being called upon.

[buffysquirrel.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. What on earth did you do to your poor knee?

Yeah, they can never find a vein on me. It'd be a laugh watching them ("Shall we try the left arm this time dearie?") if I wasn't so shit-scared of needles!

[drasecretcampus.livejournal.com]

I believe it was climbing over a gate into a field by the Stour. There was a point when my feet were pointing in opposite ways. I took this knee into town, home, to the pub and back, then I walked 1.5 miles from Faversham to Brogdale and 1.5 miles back, and to the pub and back... I thought I was just stiff.

The nurse who has hunted both arms (as it were) in vain never laughs when I say I'd make a lousy junky.