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So am I a hypochondriac?
MrsHughesNC
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(Hint: the answer is yes. LOL)
So I woke up this morning at about 3:00 to use the bathroom, etc. I noticed that my knee was super sore--really my whole leg. I didn't think a whole lot about it at the time (being in a sleepy fog), but I remember it taking a while for me to get back to sleep. When I actually woke up a few hours later, it was still really painful. It hurt to walk, and to lift it into the shower, walk downstairs, etc. It felt like I had sprained or twisted it, or something like that. However, I did not do a thing to it yesterday. I've been sick this week, and I haven't even gone to the gym, taken a walk--anything. I think I'd remember if I hurt it somehow.
I did hurt this same knee several months back. I fell in a parking lot (call me Grace), and landed right on my knee cap. It felt like this when I woke up that next morning. But that made sense--I had actually fallen and stuff. But maybe it was just stiff from that old injury or something? (But really, it was way more than just a little stiff).
So I took some Advil (4 of them--it hurt that bad), and hobbled my way into work. By the time I got to my office, it felt better. I figured I'd loosened it up. By the time I got up to run something upstairs at about 9:15, the pain was gone. Not like "oh, that's way better!," but like gone, like it had never happened. It was really bizarre. I know that sleeping on an injury can cause a lot of pain in the morning because it gets stiff from not moving it. But again, I didn't injure myself yesterday.
So on one hand, I'm glad it's gone. But on the other hand--WTH caused it? (Here comes the hypochondriac part). I'm convinced it was a blood clot that's now moving through my body, and that I'm now on the brink of a pulmonary embolism. I am going to the Dr this afternoon for a breathing treatment, etc, for the respiratory issues I'm having from my cold. So of course I'm being a spaz and panicking over any "shortness of breath" issues (which of course I have with my cold--I've been taking hits off a albuterol inhaler for a few days now). I'll mention it to her. I'm sure she'll think I'm a nutjob, like that time I had a random mouth sore and was convinced I was dying of mouth cancer. (Ok, I'm exaggerating. A little). I swear I'm at least mostly a reasonable person. 
But anyway--is that weird, or is it just me?
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Re: So am I a hypochondriac?
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I am the same way. I woke up last night with ringing in my ear and immediatly (at 1:30am) was googling convinced I was going deaf and then couldn't sleep the rest of the night(I took 2 Tylenol and it is gone).
You may have injured your knee during that fall and unknowingly twisted it or slept funny last night, or the rain/damp air could be aggravating it. Since it went away with Advil you probably don't have much to worry about it, but to ease your mind I don't think you are a freak for mentioning it. And if you did have a clot you would probably know it just wouldn't pop up in a matter of hours. But I totally understand that thinking!!
Hehe... Y'all, I totally get this hypochondriac affliction honest. You should meet my mother. And I can't tell you how mad it makes me that I'm becoming the same way! Ugh!
I'm half joking, of course. But considering that means I'm also half serious, yes--I am a spaz.
I can't tell you how many brain tumors I've had.
Thankfully, I went to the Dr yesterday for my breathing stuff (cold related, not the embolism I just knew was brewing) and it turns out I'm not dying. Phew! That was close.
Yay! So glad you're going to be around for awhile.
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