I've been in hospital twice already this week!

I realised today when I was at the hospital getting an ultrasound on my achillies that I've been living with this injury for almost 14 months! If only I'd gone to see a sports doctor about it sooner. I've spent a small fortune ($2500+) on acupuncture and osteo visits since I first injured them last July. What a loser.

Today's trip to the hosptial resulted in a cortisone injection into my right achillies, the one that is most painful. It didn't hurt much. The local anaesthetic stung a bit but cortisone injection felt really weird, really intense pressure was building in the achillies and ankle area like it was trapped in a vice. Not pleasant but I'm not dreading getting the left achillies done. The anaesthetic has worn off now but it's not hurting at all. I hope that's a good sign!

And after my medicare rebate, I'll only be out of pocket $27. I am kicking myself for being so stubborn and stupid about managing my achillies injuries. Sigh.

If this treatment works, they will do the other achillies in about two weeks time.

This is the second time this week I've been to hospital.

On Monday morning, an annual leave day, my back completely seized up on me and I had to call my parents to come and take me to hospital. My mum wanted to ring an ambulance and had dialled 000 but the thought of being carried out of the house in an ambulance was a bit too embarrassing so I struggled out of bed and soon found that standing felt better than sitting or lying anyway.

The doctors were worried that it may not have been muscular/skeletal so sent me off for an x-ray, just to be sure it wasn't a clot or something sinister like that. Fortunately it wasn't and the hospital physio was able to localise the pain and his treatment really eased the pain.

I was so impressed by the treatment I received from the time I arrived until the time I left. They were fantastic. And it cost me the grand sum of zero dollars. And I was very lucky that it wasn't a busy morning. There was no one in the waiting room other than me.

My back is feeling much better today although it started to get sore late morning at work. Just as well I only worked half a day and went to the hospital this afternoon. It feels like I've got a sore muscle and a limited range of movement when twisting. and it's not debilitating

I am really hoping the rest of the week is much less dramatic.

I almost can't remember what it's like to run pain free. Here's hoping I find out again in the near future.