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ysobelsunday overnight - bed (alternating air mattress) goes off for 10 minutes for no apparent reason
monday - neck is cranky, possibly wrenched muscle
monday night - pain spikes to 8. take painkillers and go to bed early with heat pack (microwaved not electric)
tuesday - pain only 6, ditch church meeting to repeat prev night's actions
wednesday, thursday - neck achy. while using dressing stick to put pressure on right side of neck, discover a sore spot, slightly behind ear, that hurts when pressed but in a way that feels good; probably site of muscle attachment and pressing stretches it slightly
today - dressing stick on sore spot finds a lump I'm pretty sure wasn't there before
...fucksticks.
the initial pain didn't feel like FOP, but FOP reacts to muscular trauma, even just injections, and this, whatever I wrenched, may qualify as trauma. the good news is it's a small lump with no visible swelling or redness or heat. the bad news is it's really fucking close to my jaw. (there is a minor possibility the lump is inflamed lymph node rather than fop, but fop flare-ups have to be treated immediately, and I'm not taking any chances.)
so! I get a fun xmas/hannukah present of prednisone! yay! and also antibiotics for probable uti! yay!
monday - neck is cranky, possibly wrenched muscle
monday night - pain spikes to 8. take painkillers and go to bed early with heat pack (microwaved not electric)
tuesday - pain only 6, ditch church meeting to repeat prev night's actions
wednesday, thursday - neck achy. while using dressing stick to put pressure on right side of neck, discover a sore spot, slightly behind ear, that hurts when pressed but in a way that feels good; probably site of muscle attachment and pressing stretches it slightly
today - dressing stick on sore spot finds a lump I'm pretty sure wasn't there before
...fucksticks.
the initial pain didn't feel like FOP, but FOP reacts to muscular trauma, even just injections, and this, whatever I wrenched, may qualify as trauma. the good news is it's a small lump with no visible swelling or redness or heat. the bad news is it's really fucking close to my jaw. (there is a minor possibility the lump is inflamed lymph node rather than fop, but fop flare-ups have to be treated immediately, and I'm not taking any chances.)
so! I get a fun xmas/hannukah present of prednisone! yay! and also antibiotics for probable uti! yay!