Today was a good day in context.
I didn’t sleep well last night and woke up feeling rough, tired and pretty low.
I had my planned phone call with the Doctor about my arm, I really hoped to go in and see someone in person but I was feeling pessimistic about it because it’s hard to physically see a Doctor in the current situation. But I was wrong, he decided I did need to go in and be seen. So my appointment was set for 3pm.
Before going to my appointment, me and my sister did our Couch to 5K run (blogged in an earlier post) and our run went really well. We powered through.
So after the run and a bit of a chill, off I went to the Doctors. So just a bit of info, I had the covid jab 2 weeks ago, I had the red lump and sore arm but that got bigger and much worse, contacted the Doctors who prescribed antibiotics. I finished the course of the antibiotics and although the redness went down, the lump is still there, it’s beginning to bruise and it’s still sore. It’s been 2 weeks since the vaccine and nobody I know has had this kind of reaction. Today’s doctor agreed that it was strange and needed to take a look at it.
So I am at my appointment, he’s prodding it, squeezing and all that jive – hurting it 🙄 and it’s not an infection so antibiotics were pointless, he was also pleased to tell me it wasn’t an abscess which he thought it might be. It’s a Haemotoma, not too serious, it should go on it’s own and to ice it. He’s also gonna do a follow up phone call in a couple of weeks. I finally felt listened to! It felt good.
After the Doctors, I had work. Work was okay, slightly busier than a normal evening but it was a lovely day and I feel people decided to get out the house and come and do their shopping.
Once I got home, I had some food, watched The Circle and now I’m planning on going to bed after writing this; I have a morning shift tomorrow.
THREE POSITIVES FROM TODAY:
1. I finally saw a doctor in person and got an answer to what’s wrong.
2. Our couch to 5k run went really well
3. Work was good
First Time 5k runner 