Hope and pain

Well, Hope seems to have a mind of her own. What started as a few words inspired by a randomly generated name has morphed into almost 3500 words. I'm not sure what exactly her story is, but so far she has me hooked. I hope I keep this momentum until... well, until it's finished I suppose. I tried very hard not to get seduced away from Sands by anything until it was finished, but I am smitten.

On the real world front, I had a visit with my orthopedist today. Tendonitis apparently. Fun stuff. The doc was kind enough to tell me he was going to stick a needle in my shoulder and pump me full of cortisone, then leave me to dwell on that thought for the next ten minutes. You'd think he could have the courtesy to stab me immediately, so I wouldn't have time to get butterflies. If it was a regular shot I wouldn't have thought much about it. But there was something a little unsettling about the thought of a needle going in amongst the bones and tendons where needles ought not to be. But it was fine. A little pinch and then a strange probing sensation that went away before I knew it. Badabing bada ouch.

I'm also supposed to have aquatic physical therapy three times a week for the next four weeks. I'm curious as to what that actually entails. No one told me to bring a bathing suit, so I'm not stressing about it too much. I just hope the co-pay doesn't kill me because you know if you do the math that is 12 visits in one month. And a specialist co-pay is $20 a visit. So that would be $240. Maybe my shoulder doesn't hurt that much after all.