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thedarlingonei have an appointment to see an orthopedic surgeon on wednesday (they also diagnose and treat things nonsurgically if all i need is a brace or some shots into my joints, which i would prefer. hypothetical worst case scenario is a double hip replacement before i'm forty, but i am ignoring that possibility in favor of learning about all the milder things that can cause lower back pain)
i also saw a podiatrist today -- the numbness and beginning neuropathy i had in my feet a couple years ago has totally cleared up which is really nice, i have some water retention in my ankles but this is probably because guess what my circulation is shite because I Cannot Exercise. i am told i may not be able to get new diabetic shoes and orthotics paid for by medicaid because they're assholes about it (mine are a couple years old and should probably be replaced) but i am also told to call a specific other podiatrist who specializes in hassling them about it, and inquire if he hassles my specific form of medicaid.
this however i will not be doing until after i see the orthopedist, because frankly it's already quite reckless of me to try to make two separate bus expeditions in a single week but the podiatrist was easier to get ahold of than the orthopedist so i wound up scheduling her first. and scheduling a pap smear next monday which will likely knock me out for a large part of that week. so i absolutely have to have the rest of the week free in case i need to go get an mri (would not surprise me) or get fitted for a brace or something.
(considering that each previous bus expedition of about this length has had me on my back for the next three days i'm still vastly overdoing it but i'm desperate to get to the part where i find out if i can actually start traveling *without* being laid out for the next three days with back pain.)
i also saw a podiatrist today -- the numbness and beginning neuropathy i had in my feet a couple years ago has totally cleared up which is really nice, i have some water retention in my ankles but this is probably because guess what my circulation is shite because I Cannot Exercise. i am told i may not be able to get new diabetic shoes and orthotics paid for by medicaid because they're assholes about it (mine are a couple years old and should probably be replaced) but i am also told to call a specific other podiatrist who specializes in hassling them about it, and inquire if he hassles my specific form of medicaid.
this however i will not be doing until after i see the orthopedist, because frankly it's already quite reckless of me to try to make two separate bus expeditions in a single week but the podiatrist was easier to get ahold of than the orthopedist so i wound up scheduling her first. and scheduling a pap smear next monday which will likely knock me out for a large part of that week. so i absolutely have to have the rest of the week free in case i need to go get an mri (would not surprise me) or get fitted for a brace or something.
(considering that each previous bus expedition of about this length has had me on my back for the next three days i'm still vastly overdoing it but i'm desperate to get to the part where i find out if i can actually start traveling *without* being laid out for the next three days with back pain.)
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