healing and prospects for more
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kareinaBy Monday morning the arm I had gotten caught in the ladder on Sunday morning was feeling much better, and I could use it normally, though I was still very reluctant to let anything touch the damaged area. It never did turn in to a dark bruise (or blåmark, literally "blue mark" in Swedish), but by Wednesday it achieved that yellow colour that old bruises get, and was healing up nicely. However, during the night on Wednesday, when I went to roll over in the middle of the night, and was asleep enough to not remember that I had hurt it, I pulled to hard to extract it from the pillows it was entangled with, scraping the tender area firmly against a pillow I was also laying on, so it didn't move out of the way. This hurt enough that I woke up enough to go get an ice pack to put on it, and then fell straight back to sleep. Not surprisingly, it was a bit more tender on Thursday, but has once again resumed not hurting as long as I don't bump it into something, and I can use it normally.
However, on Wednesday evening my hip started acting up again, and by bedtime it was pretty much the worst it has been since I first had this problem in February. When it happens it feels like something is out of position in the SI joint, which results in flashes of pain if I try to move my leg certain directions, or twist in such a way as that joint is involved. So long as I don't do one of the "forbidden" movements it isn't more than uncomfortable, but I get immediate, strong, negative feedback for things like laying down, rolling over, getting back up again, or sitting on anything other than my kneeling chair. Sadly, getting back out from the kneeling chair requires one of those "forbidden" movements.
Coincidently, also on Wednesday, one of my FB friends posted about her recent "Naprapat", who, in addition to doing an adjustment to fix the problem of the day, also filmed her walking and showed her how problems with how she walks is the source for some of the issues she's been having. I had not heard the term before, but before I asked someone else and wondered, and it was explained that it is similar to chiropractor, but involves more massage and gentle adjustments. This sounded like it might help my hip issue, and I wondered how one goes about finding a good one. Thursday morning my hip was still a bit on the stiff side, but doing better, so I went to work as usual. When I arrived to clean the local pharmacy the pharmacist greeted me with a polite enquiry in how things are with me, and I explained pretty good, other than a problem with my hip, which feels out of place. She asked a question or two, and when I said that the local physiotherapist hadn't been able to help, she suggested that I see a naprapat, and recommended Robert Svanborgs in Skellefteå, saying that he is quite good. Then cautioned that he may well be on vacation just now (most of Sweden is). So as soon as I got home I checked his web page, saw that there are no available booking times in the next couple of weeks, so sent him an email saying that he had been suggested as one who might be able to help with my hip issue, and giving details, and asking him to please book me a visit when he returns. Even if the symptom doesn't display on that day, he might be able to help me figure out what is causing it. I haven't really done acroyoga since February, when it first happened, as I am disinclined to put the extra pressure on my hip of another human balancing on my feet--it wouldn't be possible on a bad day, and on a good day I am not interested in taking the risk of thus making it a bad day, and I miss acroyoga!
This week has been rainy, so progress on the window painting project has slowed down, as we can't do the sanding outside when it rains, and I won't do it inside, but we have another window ready to go back up, and it can go where the final remaining upstairs window that hasn't been painted sits. I don't know if we will manage to also sand and paint all the window frames, but even just the windows themselves done before winter will be a good thing.
It is looking likely that I will get to do the archaeology job with Norrbotten museum weeks 35-38, investigating a settlement site near Kiruna. If so, they provide a place to sleep in Kiruna itself. My boss at Umeå is receptive to the idea of my starting there three weeks later than planned so I can get my first ever experience working as an Archaeologist, but since the contract was already signed with a start date of week 36, he thinks that the easiest way to do the change would just be to have me be "tjänstledig" for those weeks--which is to say employed by them, but without pay. However, he wants to hear back from someone in HR to approve this plan before making the final decision. He agreed that he will let my know by 5 August, by which date the Museum really needs to know if I am available or not, so they can try to find someone else if I am not. From a strictly short-term financial viewpoint this is probably not the smart option, as I seriously doubt that the Museum has the budget to pay me as much as the University will, but from a viewpoint of getting new experiences, it is a really good idea. If I am really lucky, I will have seen the Naparat before that job starts, and he will be able to teach me something to prevent a recurrence of the hip issue.
However, on Wednesday evening my hip started acting up again, and by bedtime it was pretty much the worst it has been since I first had this problem in February. When it happens it feels like something is out of position in the SI joint, which results in flashes of pain if I try to move my leg certain directions, or twist in such a way as that joint is involved. So long as I don't do one of the "forbidden" movements it isn't more than uncomfortable, but I get immediate, strong, negative feedback for things like laying down, rolling over, getting back up again, or sitting on anything other than my kneeling chair. Sadly, getting back out from the kneeling chair requires one of those "forbidden" movements.
Coincidently, also on Wednesday, one of my FB friends posted about her recent "Naprapat", who, in addition to doing an adjustment to fix the problem of the day, also filmed her walking and showed her how problems with how she walks is the source for some of the issues she's been having. I had not heard the term before, but before I asked someone else and wondered, and it was explained that it is similar to chiropractor, but involves more massage and gentle adjustments. This sounded like it might help my hip issue, and I wondered how one goes about finding a good one. Thursday morning my hip was still a bit on the stiff side, but doing better, so I went to work as usual. When I arrived to clean the local pharmacy the pharmacist greeted me with a polite enquiry in how things are with me, and I explained pretty good, other than a problem with my hip, which feels out of place. She asked a question or two, and when I said that the local physiotherapist hadn't been able to help, she suggested that I see a naprapat, and recommended Robert Svanborgs in Skellefteå, saying that he is quite good. Then cautioned that he may well be on vacation just now (most of Sweden is). So as soon as I got home I checked his web page, saw that there are no available booking times in the next couple of weeks, so sent him an email saying that he had been suggested as one who might be able to help with my hip issue, and giving details, and asking him to please book me a visit when he returns. Even if the symptom doesn't display on that day, he might be able to help me figure out what is causing it. I haven't really done acroyoga since February, when it first happened, as I am disinclined to put the extra pressure on my hip of another human balancing on my feet--it wouldn't be possible on a bad day, and on a good day I am not interested in taking the risk of thus making it a bad day, and I miss acroyoga!
This week has been rainy, so progress on the window painting project has slowed down, as we can't do the sanding outside when it rains, and I won't do it inside, but we have another window ready to go back up, and it can go where the final remaining upstairs window that hasn't been painted sits. I don't know if we will manage to also sand and paint all the window frames, but even just the windows themselves done before winter will be a good thing.
It is looking likely that I will get to do the archaeology job with Norrbotten museum weeks 35-38, investigating a settlement site near Kiruna. If so, they provide a place to sleep in Kiruna itself. My boss at Umeå is receptive to the idea of my starting there three weeks later than planned so I can get my first ever experience working as an Archaeologist, but since the contract was already signed with a start date of week 36, he thinks that the easiest way to do the change would just be to have me be "tjänstledig" for those weeks--which is to say employed by them, but without pay. However, he wants to hear back from someone in HR to approve this plan before making the final decision. He agreed that he will let my know by 5 August, by which date the Museum really needs to know if I am available or not, so they can try to find someone else if I am not. From a strictly short-term financial viewpoint this is probably not the smart option, as I seriously doubt that the Museum has the budget to pay me as much as the University will, but from a viewpoint of getting new experiences, it is a really good idea. If I am really lucky, I will have seen the Naparat before that job starts, and he will be able to teach me something to prevent a recurrence of the hip issue.