A bit of a Funk

So, this happened on my newsfeed after my last blog post.  What exactly is facebook trying to tell me?!!!!

To be honest, facebook doesn't need to tell me, I am well aware that there is no more running, for the moment at least.  In fact, I am struggling with just the day to day currently if I'm honest!
The hip pain is most definitely wearing me down, and I am booked in for the cortisone injection to try and relieve it.  It is worst when I am laying down and try to move (turning over in bed for example), when I try to lift up my leg to step into the passenger side of a car (sometimes, I have to use my arms to help lift my leg) and generally when I am sitting down, and getting into and out of a seat.  I also have good days, where I have barely any pain at all, and not so good days, where I am feeling it all the time and it regularly clunks.  I can't pinpoint what causes one or the other, it seems to be fairly random!

I'm a bit nervous about the injection, although I am also looking forward to having it done as I am hopeful that it will provide some relief.  I've spoken to a few people who have had cortisone injections into various joints and all have positive stories to tell.  I have gone from a complete needle-phobe, to someone who isn't really that bothered by these things (having had seven operations since 2011 has something to do with it!), however as I have since learnt that there will be no sedation or GA as I had initially been lead to believe, I have been having a bit of a wobble!

I have also been having some pretty random pain in the joints of my fingers recently, so am in dire need of registering with a doctor (yes I know, we have lived in this house more than a year now!) to get that checked out.  It's difficult to avoid thoughts of the 'A' word, so I need someone to set my mind at ease - google is not helpful, as if there are other things that cause it, they are waaaaaay down the list on any search you run (and as such I have not come across them yet!).

SO.  I would describe myself at the moment as being in 'a bit of a funk'.  I am having to talk myself out of bed each morning, and even more so to get myself into the office.  I am fine once I am there, in fact more than fine, so I don't really know why I have only got myself in there once so far this week.  I also feel completely exhausted all of the time.  It's one of those things, I can't explain it, and I know I have a lot to be grateful for and thankful for and happy about, and I am all of those things a lot of the time.  Just at the moment I have to give myself a talking to each morning to get myself going.  So if anyone feels the need to give me a hand, drop me a line at 7am tomorrow and persuade me that getting out of bed is going to be worth it!