Vaccination Side Effects II

The side effects that Juliane suffered after taking her booster Tdap vaccine has subsided somewhat. There is less pain, the swelling has started to go down and the redness has subsided too. I think by tomorrow, the side effects would have disappeared. Thank goodness. The side effects definitely caused some concerns. :(

Vaccination Side Effects

Juliane took her booster shot of Tdap vaccine just this Saturday past. The vaccine is supposed to protect adolescents from tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis. 
Today, her upper arm where the shot was given started swelling and there was pain and redness. The swelling felt very warm to the touch as well. :( I had Juliane applied the ice pack to her arm, hoping to reduce the redness and swelling. 
Will check with the doc tomorrow if this is normal as Juliane has never experienced any side effects for her other vaccination shots.   

PAIN!

I had an accident today, just before I left for work. In my hurry to leave, I accidentally stubbed my right foot on my room door which left the door rattling away. My middle toe went numb and I quickly rubbed it without looking at my foot. As I was walking to the living room where I left my computer bag, I spied with the corner of my eye a trail of red on the floor. Why is there a bloody trail?! When I looked down at my right foot, I saw my middle toe totally covered in blood! At that point of time, I felt PAIN!! I quickly went into the bathroom to clean up. The skin covering my toe was nearly tore off and flapping around. I did something which I shouldn't have -- I tore the skin off! OUCH!! It was pain upon pain. :( I bandaged it as best as I could. Unfortunately, I didn't own any peep-toe shoes/ sandals and had to wear the most comfortable covered shoes I had - my Crocs. It was hurting like hell with every step I took. When I arrived at work, my bandage was soaked through with blood and I had to change it with the supplies from the First Aid box. During lunch, my good friend drove me out to the nearest shopping mall so that I could just buy a pair of sandals to wear and to buy first aid supplies. Thanks much, DK, I really appreciated your help. 

My toe was throbbing away in pain the entire day. I had to change the bandage twice more during the day as the wound was still bleeding away. Being pre-diabetic, I think it didn't help. :( When I arrived home in the evening, I called for the family doctor as it happened that Juliane wasn't feeling well. He took a look at my toe too and scolded me for tearing the skin off my toe. :( He said that my toe nail has actually been dislodged from the bed and has moved from its original position. But he advised me NOT to touch/ remove the nail and let it heal on its own. The main worry is infection so I had to keep applying antiseptic cream on my toe and to keep it clean and dry.

I hope my toe will heal soon! I can't stand the pain. I swear the pain is worse than labour pain! I swear I will be more careful in the future.

Oh Snap

After sitting for close to ten hours each day while working on my revision for the past two days, my right knee finally "snapped". :(
As I was packing up my notebook for bed, my knee gave way. The kneecap seemed to be in a awkward angle and I could hardly straightened my knee. It really hurt! :(

Treatment

Heat pack, Voltaren emugel, pain relief plasters, gentle stretching, ...
Pain easing, bit by bit, ...

Stiff Neck

Either I have not been sleeping right or I have recently been carrying too many academic books (on statistics) around to and fro the office (most likely the latter). It started yesterday and seemed to be on the mend last night but it got worse today. :( I think I might have pulled the neck muscle too when I was waking Marieann up for school this morning. Sigh.

H1N1 Jab

I finally took my H1N1 jab today. I haven't felt the need as I already took the flu jab last June. But as I will be leaving for USA end of April, I thought I better play safe and take the H1N1 jab since H1N1 started in Mexico and USA last April.

I hate jabs. :( Low pain threshold. Don't ask me how I got through 2 natural birth deliveries without Epidural!

Ouch No More

My neck and my right shoulder are getting much better. :) It doesn't ache any more when I turn my head to the right. However to play it safe, I continued to apply Voltaren at least for today. I also avoided carrying my handbag on my right shoulder and avoided carrying heavy stuff with my right hand. I think by tomorrow, I would be fully recovered. :)

OUCH II

The right side of my neck and the right shoulder are still sore and stiff. I don't dare to move too much because of the pain. When I turn to the right, I move my whole body instead of just turning my head/ neck. A good friend who is experienced in suffering from stiff neck (lol) advised that I should be stretching my neck muscle gently (of course not to the point where it hurts badly) instead of just leaving it be.

So now, other than applying Voltaren four times daily, I am also gently massaging and stretching my neck muscle whenever I can. Hopefully, I will feel better soon.

OUCH!

One minute I was talking, the next minute I was "OUCH"! There was a sharp pain shooting up the right side of my neck and I was frozen in mid-speech. It was excruciating pain. I had no idea what I did or how I pulled my neck muscle. :( I couldn't look down at my toes nor could I turn my head more than 45 degrees to my right without having to turn my whole body! :( :(

I applied Voltaren which seemed to help a little but I still couldn't turn my neck left and right very much, especially to the right. I am thinking maybe my posture during the intensive data entry was bad and it has affected my neck muscle. :( I hope I will recover soon.

Green Around the Gills

I started feeling unwell late last night with an intense, pounding headache. I couldn't take any medication due to my allergic reaction to painkillers. Sigh. Tried various ways to ease my pain such as pressing hard on acupuncture points that link to headaches, rubbing lavender oil on my temple but to no avail. Finally, the pain got so bad that I threw up twice in the wee hours of the morning. At least I felt better after that and could catch a few hours of sleep.

I had to go into campus today because there was an important meeting at 2pm. I still had a headache but at least it was not as intense as last night.

I am feeling much better now. However, I still have no idea what was the cause of my intense headache. I wish I knew so that I can prevent another headache from happening. It is a torture suffering from such headaches. :(

Pain in the

Knee! Where do you think it would be?! Lol. Started getting pain in my right knee again. :( The last time that happened was in late 2007 and I had no idea how I injured my knee then. Anyway, my right knee started getting creaky just a few days ago but I didn't think much of it. However last night it turned for the worse. I was chasing after my kid and I twisted my knee. Oh boy! The pain was just excruciating! Immediately, my knee started swelling and became very stiff and I had to walk with a slight limp. :(

I should have known when my knee started getting creaky that I would be susceptible to injury. I was taking glucosamine after my knee injury in 2007 and never had pain again. However, I stopped taking it after I finished my last bottle of glucosamine early in the year. Looks like I have to start taking it again and make sure I don't stop. Like a good friend said, "Sista, you have to take it until you die lah". Haha. :P

Pain :(

I dislike pain. :(

Developed gastric pain on my way home. My bad. I had lunch too late at 3pm. I was waiting for the crowd to clear from the canteen and then I got too engrossed trying to organise all my paperwork. Must be the spring-clean bug affecting me lol. :P Now my work space looks so tidy and clutter less. :)

When I reached home, I took a glass of milk and that helped me with the pain. After the pain had subsided somewhat, I had some dinner but not too much for fear of bringing back pain.

I hate pain. :(

Pain?

A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only, As the mist resembles the rain. - "The Day is Done (st. 3)", Henry Wadsworth Longfellow