I've had this big discussion with my Doctor and I'm determined to still participate in my favorite activities as long as I can. Recently (well a month ago) while playing softball I stopped a line drive with my shin. Left a huge immediate bruise and about three days later I did go in and have it x-rayed, mainly because the bruise had dropped to around my ankle and was very swollen. Nothing broken or fractured. Fast forward three weeks later and I managed to slide/trip/loose balance into home plate and skinned my knee (on the same leg). I experienced immediate swelling all down the leg. I cleaned the wound and was treating it by keeping it clean, dosing it with alcohol and applying neosporin and keeping it covered. I still managed to develop a lovely little infection and back to my doctor I go. After another round of x-rays and a prescription for antibiotics, because the whole leg is swollen, still nothing broken etc.
My doctor dispproves of my playing and has suggested that I sit out the rest of the season. We talked about my pain tolerance and that he believes that since I manage through daily pain, my injury pain didn't register in the same way that "a normal person" would feel it. Yes that was his words. "Normal Person" I called him out on it and laughed it off, but he feels that if I don't recognize pain at a "normal" level that I may seriously injure myself. So I'm left wondering about the pain I feel on a daily basis. That I power through as much as I can. Where does that register on this "normal" scale and how can I explain it when I'm having those days that are unbearble to me. Grrrrr Silently Raging
My doctor dispproves of my playing and has suggested that I sit out the rest of the season. We talked about my pain tolerance and that he believes that since I manage through daily pain, my injury pain didn't register in the same way that "a normal person" would feel it. Yes that was his words. "Normal Person" I called him out on it and laughed it off, but he feels that if I don't recognize pain at a "normal" level that I may seriously injure myself. So I'm left wondering about the pain I feel on a daily basis. That I power through as much as I can. Where does that register on this "normal" scale and how can I explain it when I'm having those days that are unbearble to me. Grrrrr Silently Raging
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