It Might Be a Tumor

I just completed another week of my work out.  I've worked hard and been faithful every week.  How does my body repay me?  By rebelling.  I have a pain in my leg that has been bothering me since before I started this workout and now it just throbs all day long.  It was really bothering me Monday night and so I did what any normal person with pain would do.  I Googled it.



So, I came up with two possible diagnoses:



1.  Sciatica.  I heard horror stories about this debilitating condition while I was pregnant.  Every woman I came into contact with with regale me with her story of pregnancy-induced sciatica.  She would explain in detail how much it hurt and where and when and why.  Finally, she would tell me, the only relief was to deliver her 12 pound bundle of joy.  Since I am not pregnant - really, I'm not.  I know it seems like I'm giving a lot of weird symptoms and hints to doctors appointments that could imply I am pregnant, but I swear I am not - since I am not pregnant, I don't have a chance at relief if I can't deliver a 10+ pound baby!




So, it must be number two:



2.  It's a "toomer."  Why is it always a tumor?  I swear, I could tell Google that I have a bulge on my toe and Google would say it's either a corn or it's a tumor.  Sitting up at midnight reading about tumors is never pleasant to consider, so I scheduled an appointment with a masseuse so she could work on my sciatica.



When I arrived at my workout this week, I told Kris that I have sciatica - or a tumor - but either way she's killing me.  She laughed.  (Who laughs at a sick woman?)  "You don't have either," she explained.  "Your IT band is tight."



"I don't even think I have an IT band," I replied.  "It didn't come up in any of my Google searches."



"Yes you do!"



She showed me some (ridiculously painful) exercises (that are working) to help reduce the pain and told me stop diagnosing myself.



She's worth every penny.





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