#hip shit

But also, chance of a herniated disc is low based on the x-rays. While you need a CT or MRI to see the soft bits, apparently the way the spine bends and shows space in an xray can tell the doc if it's likely. My spine gaps looked great, apparently (neat).

With the new symptoms (burning sensation, partial numbness, electric shock feel), the guess is a nerve is getting fucked with due to inflammation and that doing PT basically made THAT pain get through the other pain (not neat).

Anyway, big ass anti-inflammatories for two weeks, then go back to the doc the week after and anything that still hurts meets Mr. Big Needle (steroids).

And then, if that works, probably back to PT to finish this round of unfuckening. I am still doing a little bit of PT exactly to the rules set by the therapist.

Can't have ibies or Naproxen or aspirin because they don't play well with the steroids. Can't have Tylenol because MCAS.

Last time, I had a freshly partying tendon full of cortisone. This time, I'm going in noticeably sore. I'm going to the same PT I've seen before, so I trust them, but also, ugh. Don't wanna.

I have also been been doing a couple of PT exercises on work days most of the time since we finished last time, so hopefully the starting curve won't be super sharp.

Wait, not everything. I'm being proactive this time, so I haven't had the singular, shocking pain of the ball joint catching on the hip socket and then having to be uncaught by forcing myself to move.