The last round of spring semester has arrived to punch the Master's students in the face. Everyone I have seen today looks tired, harried, and is deep in the middle of a terrible, horrible final. I spent a good portion of my Easter working on Take-Home Final Number 1, which is due tomorrow. Take-Home 2 Final is being chipped away at (due Thursday). Paper 3 is not started mostly because I don't have all that I need yet (due Saturday morning). Take-home Final 3 will arrive on Saturday after I turn in Paper 3 (mid-week next week.)
In the middle of all of this, I am having shoulder pain...on the left side. I'd say it's stress but I'm not stressed all that much. My posture has been better since I had to kick myself off the couch (here I sit, slumped in an office chair at work.) When I'm home I sit in my desk chair and I don't slump thanks to the fact that my right shoulder is always complaining. I have to keep it against the pillow or it hurts my back and shoulder.
So I don't know what this is, but it's worrying me a little, as persistently stupid pains anywhere near my joints tend to do. I can't help but think that possibly the arthritis is coming back for round 2, no matter how I try not to think about it like that.
If it keeps up past the middle of next week I'm going to have to go in for it, since I have a rule that three days of pain is not fibro and it's something else, and we're on Day 2 already. Since I'm going to neatly assume the stupid thing is stress for another week, if I'm still hurting I'll go in next Thursday or Friday sometime because I'll be on campus and not doing anything for part of both of those days.
Let's hope it lets up soon, or someone may run out of Tylenol and patience.
Ta,
Bec
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