I was told that I would worry about every ache, throb, twinge or itch, particularly as I approached check-up time. While I suspected that I might be a little nervous, I didn't realise quite how nervous, although, reading through my blog entries for the last week or so, I can see a thread of alarm running through them!
For the last hour or so, I've been fretting about why I ache so much, particularly in my legs. Could it be that something untoward is going on? The answer has now come to me, and it's much more commonplace than I had feared - and completely my own fault! While going to investigate why my dogs were barking so much this morning - a habit of theirs that is very annoying indeed - I caught my foot in my printer cable. As a result, I executed a not-very-elegant swallow dive (Score: 2/10) across my study, landing heavily on my knees, narrowly avoiding a sharp corner on a filing cabinet. Since then, not only have my knees throbbed where the skin has come off, but my leg muscles and shoulders (the natural tendency when falling is to put your hands out to break the fall) have been aching quite unpleasantly.
So, I've now come to the conclusion that there's usually a very mundane explanation for physical pain, which is why so many people - like me - find their medical team apologising for having "been distracted" from a more serious cause by something that presents with similar symptoms. Nevertheless, if you can't identify an obvious reason for discomfort or feeling ill, it's important to persist and to insist that you get a second opinion. By the time I was diagnosed, I got the distinct impression that I was being regarded as someone who "makes a fuss", but, as it turned out, it was lucky I did so. If I hadn't, I might well not be here now. To be clichéd... it certainly makes you think, doesn't it?
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