Blood Clot and the ER

I started getting this really strong pain in my leg, it was affecting my ability to walk, and making me miserable. My aunt, who is a nurse, took a look at it after I started crying at our Fourth of July BBQ, because I couldn't take the pain. She said that I didn't have any of the tell tale signs that it was a blood clot. I suffered through the pain and called my doctor bright and early Monday morning.

I couldn't get an appointment until Tuesday. I had spent Monday night freaking out that I had a blood clot and was going to die, and looked forward to my appointment. My doctor immediately said I needed to be rushed in for an ultrasound. The first place she called couldn't see me until Wednesday, and she said that wasn't soon enough, and off to the emergency room I went.

For being the smallest hospital in Abington, it was pretty nice. I didn't have a flat screen in my room like I did when I went to Jean's, but everyone was very nice to me. My nurse was super nice, I said I was going to need a pimp cane because of my limp. She said that if I got to leave that day that she would get me a cane, it would be an old man cane, but we could always bedazzle it.

After I peed in a cup to prove that, no, I'm really not getting laid, my ultrasound technician came and got me. We discussed how based on my name she expected me to be darker skinned, something like Mediterranean. Then we discussed our hypothesis on where the name of the Baker's cyst came from. Which it would seem would depend on if it's spelled Bakers, Baker's, or Bakers'. We decided it was because you get it from standing for a long time, and bakers stand for a long time, that was the reason.

I enjoyed the pain killers, and didn't mind the waiting. It turned out there was no blood clot, there was no obvious trauma to the knee or leg, and they decided that I had sciatica. I'm not completely sure what it is, but I know that there are only two ways to treat it, with a chiropractor or surgery. I'm going to go for the chiropractor and pain killers. The perks aren't actually helping as much as I hoped, it still hurts quite a bit actually, but they take the edge off. I'll keep you posted to how that situation goes.