Woke up with pain in bed, on both sides, but it got better after I got out of bed. Pain on left side started up again in afternoon. I used wheelchair, except crutches into a gas station and into a restaurant. Crutches are tricky when both sides hurt, but I favored the stress reaction side. Nighttime: my bed was a torture chamber, used SI belt for 2.5 hours of tortured sleep (no ambien to knock me out), then took it off, pain up to a 7-8 on left side, up to a 5 on the right, left is more raw and sharp.
Went to the zoo with the family. It was hot! I am substituting in a 5 year old church class on Sunday, and my little JJ is in that class. I asked JJ if he would be a good boy and nice to me in class, and he said, "Yeah, Mommy, and I won't even let any of the kids make fun of you." The bad news is that the rheum. didn't call to set up an appointment today, and he's out of town until next week, so I likely won't even get an appt set up for a week. The good news is I got an appt with the neurosurgeon my sports doc would be the best fit for me, for next Tuesday. Hopefully he's very familiar with A.S. Perhaps he'll say, you need to get into a rheumatologist asap and will help me get an appt. We can always hope.
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