I'm Free!
School's over for this year! Woo!
Well, actually the final lessons were yesterday, I was supposed to sit an accounting exam today but couldn't go as I had a doctor's appointment which took longer than I had expected. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the mystery surrounding my left arm is beginning to dissolve.
After much electric shocks and probing with sharp objects the doctor announced that most probably the old trouble has not raised its ugly head, it's the scar tissue which has attached itself to the nerve and is pressing it and I'll just have to learn to live with it; another operation would just mean more scar tissue. He told me to give the arm a few days' absolute rest which is turning out to be a surprisingly difficult task. Also he asked me if I lean on my elbow, and I was like yeah, don't everybody? He was surprised that no one had told me before that its something I should avoid and is quite likely one of the reasons why the poor arm is behaving as it is. I just wish someone had mentioned this a few years ago...
But I'll get to hear the final results of the examination on January and until that I'll just try to support the weight of my head without the help of my left elbow.
I finally got round to do some christmas shopping today and surprised myself by not buying every single shiny object I saw. In fact, I only bought one piece of christmas tree decoration (and as I haven't got the space to get my own tree, haven't had for years, I have no idea why I keep on buying them) because it just was too pretty not to buy. Only a few odd things to get and then I'll be all set for some exessive eating and enjoying life in general.
Right now, off to bath.
Today's favourites:
Danzig: Black Angel, White Angel
Rammstein: Te Quiero Puta!
posted by sanna-mari @ 3:42 PM
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4 Comments:
Congrats on school being done with and your enlightening visit to your doctor!
One more day of work for me! Wooot!
Who needs a tree? Years and years ago me and my au pair friend spent Christmas in Paris at my hostfamily's empty apartment. They had no Christmas tree, but they had a half-dead yucca plant. So we decorated that! Ok, we didn't even have proper decorations, but we used colourful reels of thread and shiny strings. Sounds pathetic, but we had a fun Christmas! We felt very grown-up and independent being far away from home - at the mature age of 19... ;-)
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So, how are you enjoying your new-found end of school freedom?
Glad there's some progress on the arm front. But how is one supposed to support one's head when reading the computer monitor without the use of one's arm? It's like you're supposed to use your neck muscles or something. Weird. These doctors, they Just Don't Get It.
Wow! Hurray for freedom! The Student Liberation Front (SLF) has succeeded AGAIN, althought I think this might again prove only temporary improvement.. ;)
Isn´t it annoying when the doctors say:"Oh well, live with it! You don´t actually need that arm/elbow/back anyway! And the pain, who cares about that? It´s just life. You´re alive and we didn´t have to amputate, so be happy, won´t you?"
Anyway, hopefully it gets better. The arm I mean. Meanwhile we could think of some arrangement with one of those travelling pillows hanging from the ceiling to support your head... ;)
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