Dress #23 Part 2

On Friday (7/25) I wore my tan ruffled skirt to work.  That Sunday I had to go to the ER.  I woke up with my arm hurting pretty badly and I couldn't move it.  I had a pretty intensive static trapeze class the day before so I figured it had to do with that, though I felt totally fine after class on Saturday.  At the hospital they originally thought it was dislocated but after taking an x-ray they told me it was only sprained.  It really sucks because I have to wear a sling for three weeks and then wait another three weeks after that before I can go back to aerial/pole.  The doctor warned me to wait out the full six weeks to avoid permanent damage.  She said a lot of athletes don't listen.  They feel fine after three weeks and then try to go back to doing sports only to end up right back in the emergency room.  It's going to be torture to be off for so long.

I was actually in a lot of pain.  I had to wait two hours in the hospital before someone would give me anything for the pain and another hour for an x-ray and another hour before a doctor would come see me.  At first they gave me a shot for muscle pain but it didn't do anything so they had to give me a Vicodin.  That worked.  They prescribed me Ibuprofan and Vicodin in case that didn't work.  I really don't like taking medication for anything but I needed it since it was hurting pretty badly.  I took the Ibuprofan on Monday but it didn't really work so I took one Vicodin.  After that I only took the Ibuprofan on Tuesday but I started to get chest pain and stomach cramps that night so I didn't want to take it anymore.  On Wednesday I didn't take anything.  On Thursday I started having really bad stomach cramps that lasted all day.  It felt kind of like a menstrual cramp but wouldn't go away.  I left work early to try and see the doctor.  They couldn't see me that day so I went to Urgent Care but they said they didn't have any x-ray machines to check it out and just told me to go back to the ER.  I didn't want to go and wait another 4-5 hours to see a doctor so I just went home and laid down.  The next day my stomach felt better but I didn't want to wear jeans or anything that would press down on my stomach so I decided to wear a skirt to work so it would be more comfortable.  After that the cramps went away.  I'm convinced it was the medicine.  I had a check up with my regular doctor after that and he said my arm was healing fine and that Ibuprofan is really strong and needs to be taken on a full stomach.  Either way, I'm glad it's over.