emergency room blues.

not fibroyalgia related, but i had a little fall.

i honestly don't know how it happened. i didn't faint, my legs didn't give out, but one minute, i'm trying to open the storm door in front of my house for my three year old cousin, justin, and the next, we're both falling off a landing and down four steps. now, it may seem like it's not a big deal--it was only four steps--but i fell head first, banged the inner part of my left knee, and bruised both elbows, the right more than the left. and i chipped my pedicure on the way down. my little justin hurt his hand. he cried more than i did, which is expected since he's three, but once my sister ran into the house and brought him some ice in a ziplock bag, his question of "can i eat it?" let us know he'll be fine.

me, on the other hand, not so fine. my mom put me to soak in the tub with hot water and epsom salts. after about ten minutes in there, the headache kicked in, and that's when i decided to go to the emergency room. got there at 10p, left at 4:30a. the first three hours and twenty minutes was nothing but paperwork and ice packs. the next three hours and twenty minutes was a urine test, waiting, waiting, a cat scan of my head, neck, and spine, waiting, waiting, the doctor explaining that i had a concussion, more waiting, xrays of my knee and elbow, waiting, a cat nap, wrapping my elbow and knee and putting it into a brace, waiting, and more paperwork.

this is my second day home. yesterday was horrible. today's a little better. i took the brace off my leg and i'm trying to move around a little more since i have to return to work tomorrow. i'm just really sore right now. i really feel it in my right shoulder/back/rib area, if that makes any sense.

i'm going to feel this soreness for a while, but these painkillers will be my best friend, especially this weekend. more details on that soon...