jdillard's Journal

UGH!!! So I was hanging out with my best friend last night, and we decided that while we were out doing stuff we should go get some ice cream. We go to this ice cream shop not too far from our houses, and it was pretty busy; so we go inside, take a number (to wait our turn to get called to order our ice cream), and started waiting. There was like one open chair, so she looked at me and was like 'you want to sit down while we wait?' 'cause it would be a little while. So, I figured I probably should, and so I sat down and she just came and stood by me. Our turn was coming up in like the next number or two, so we decided we'd get up and start making our way up to the counter to order when our turn came. Luckily she was waiting for me--to walk up together--because right when I stood up my hip popped horribly!!! Oh my gosh!!! I've been using one crutch (because of a hip surgery I had in March, and because I can't use two because of a shoulder surgery I had in April, but anyways...), so thank goodness I had that with me as well. I grab the crutch with my one arm, and caught her arm with my other--because I was scared I was about to fall over--and all I could do was just stand there clutching her arm and my crutch! She looked at me and she knew right off something had popped, and she just looked and asked if I was okay. I told her I would be but I needed her to just stay right there for a minute so I could hold on to her. She said she would, and then she was just like 'how about you sit down and I'll go get your ice cream for you.' So I sat back down, she went and ordered, and then carried the ice creams outside while I used my crutch and just tried to get out there very carefully.

Oh my gosh it sucked so bad! Then, I get home, get ready to just go to bed, take some pain medicine because it was hurting so much, and when I woke up this morning to get ready so I could go to school, I was still in horrible pain! Ugh...I absolutely hate my ehlers danlos sometimes! It's not like I'm doing something stupid for my joints to do this and it's not like I know when it will happen either. All I can say is that I'm at least glad I was with my friend, she knows about all my joint stuff, and she was there so I could grab her (and she could hold on to me to keep me from falling or anything) and she could help me. It was hard and I'm hurting, but thank goodness for family and friends...I love them!