Caz

(Jon coined that last phrase lol)  Update, my hip is a LOT better after a serious massage with Tiger balm last night by dh... plus a handy valium tablet to turn the muscle into mush so I could sleep ;)  I don't know how readily available Tiger balm is outside the pacific region.. but man that is some awesome stuff.  It's a chinese topical thing that just works wonders, and smells good too.   Anyway, still a bit sore, but I can get around more like a 60yr old instead of a 90yr old lol.  

Yesterday the radiology people sent the films home with me and said they were faxing the report to the doc as soon as the radiologist was done writing it up.  I found it amusing that on the flap of the envelope they seal it with a sticker that says "CONFIDENTIAL:  To be opened ONLY by referring doctor"   It's MY friggin hip!... confidential my arse.  So of course, I immediately opened it up to have a look (just as I did with my pneumonia xrays hehehe)  The ultrasound looked like... well not a damn thing honestly lol.  But the hip xrays are wicked cool!  Excellent shots if I do say so myself.  

Interestingly enough, our first Magic School Bus science unit is going to be 'Inside the Human Body'   and now I have rocking visual aids for the skeletal system when we get to it!  Hip and chest xrays.   Which brings us to masochism for knowledge sake lol.  I was chatting with Jon (must get him a nickname too, everyone else has one!) on facebook and he said wow.. you're such a devoted  mom,  you nearly crippled yourself to provide learning materials for the little dudes.  That's awesome...  I nearly died laughing.   The guy has a warped sense of humor.. yeah I'll take at least partial credit for that ;)    

So, sometime in February, my house will be decorated with sticky taped up pictures of my various internal structures... all in the sake of learning ;)

4 Responses
  1. Anonymous Says:

    I'd like to get a light box (like the ones at doc's office) and hang xrays on there. I think it would make a cool piece of decor. :-D


  2. hi..thanks for the comment on teddy!


  3. Anonymous Says:

    Awww! You are a devoted mommy!

    Hope you have answers about your hip soon, and that it gets better quickly.


  4. Caz Says:

    solsticemom, that would rock. I think you can get something similar at Ikea but I'd have to trim the xrays to fit I think ;)

    Jaz, you're welcome! And thanks for stopping by. My boys were oohing and ahhhing over Teddy :)

    Wendy, no answers, but hip is MUCH better today! I'm going to go grocery shopping later before we all starve lol and think I'll manage fine.