Thursday, July 21, 2005

Dr. Cathy

I finally got to the doctor for my wrist and her name was Dr. Cathy Beitman. I liked her very much. They x-rayed the wrist and it showed arthritis, of course, complicated with tendonitis. She will add it to my pt workup and told me to take Tylenol Arthritis every 6 to 8 hours for 2 weeks.

The MRI results were in and it turns out that it showed arthritis, of course, along with herniated discs. She mentioned the numbers of the affected discs but I forget. 4 and 5 sounds familiar. She explained why I can't stand for more than a few minutes and why sitting down seems to take the pain away. After I finish with the pt, it the pain persists she will send me to an orthopedist.

I have a one pound bottle of planters peanuts that I put on the top of my refrigerator next to the stove. It must have been too close to the edge because after I had opened and closed the freezer and refrigerator doors a couple of times the jar fell down on the stove. I saw it falling and visions of broken glass and peanuts all over the floor danced through my head. However, the bottle didn't break and all I got is a chip on my stove about the size of a dime. At the time that seemed like the lesser of the possible evils, but now that doggone chip is starting to look ugly.

2 comments:

KathrynVH said...

I hate when that happens. I saw on one of those HGTV shows that they sell tiny bottles or cans of stove paint to fix knicks. I think if you plan to do that, the knick will stop looking so bad.

EZ Travel said...

If they sell Knicks paint, I bet they sell Lakers paint too.

Is that they one I put up there? I am so sorry I should have known better. I am very glad that it didn't break though since Jackson would love to find all those little peanuts for you.