I got woken up by the pain today. That doesn’t happen very often as I am quite used to pain by now.
The cartilages of most of my ribs where they join the Sternum (costal cartilages) are tender at best and downright inflamed and painful at worst. It is a condition known as Costochondritis.
Today is one of those “at worst” days. I can feel the lumps, especially on my left side.
Costochondritis. © Mayo Clinic Foundation
In the image above, blue means normal cartilage. Red, means inflamed cartilage.
I guess that means I ain’t going anywhere today. No way I can wear a bra in this condition.
Oh well. It is too hot to go outside, anyway. Maybe I’ll try to do some drawing today. My sketch pad must be feeling very lonely.
Summer Solstice Musings 
If there was a dislike button, I’d be rapid firing. I can’t begin to know your pain. But, I’m familiar with the frustration and exhaustion of chronic, lifelong pain. It’s awful, to say the least. I hope you are feeling better soon!
Thank you so much! <3
Well, hopefully you can use this day to just chill and relax so you don’t feel much pain, and then you can catch up with some blogs or something… To give it a good twist. I hope you’re feeling better soon!
Thanks. Yes, that’s what I intend to do! But holy crap, I have A LOT of catching up to do!
Hope life is good in your corner of the world :)
It’s a small corner now, as I’m currently living in my room studying for an exam, but it’s quite okay though!
Ah. I remember those days. Good luck!
Thanks :D
Definitely a day to stay home. I had one of those yesterday. I haven’t been a awake long enough to know exactly how today is going to pan out. Sending lots of gentle hugs. (L)
Ugh. Hope today is better for you.
Thank you and gentle hugs back! :)
Take care of yourself. I hope you feel relief, soon.
Thanks! My daughter had some Advil so hopefully it’ll kick in soon
Oh, sorry to read this… Please take care and try some dark chocolate, maybe it will ease the pain…
Oooooh, I *might* just do that!!! :)
Thanks!
Sounds horrid :( Hope you get lots of sketching done.
It does, doesn’t it?
It’s not as bad as it sounds, though. I mean, it is pain and all… Ok, yeah, it is bad, I admit. But there are other kinds of pain that are a lot more… well, painful than this one.
Anyway, what I am trying to say is, thank you. Much appreciated :)
I hope that perhaps today you are feeling better.
Yeah, definitely better, thanks
Hope you are doing better as well. Hug!
Yes! Do some drawing!! :)
Hope you are feeling a little better – or even a lot better for that matter.
BTW. Maybe it has been there for ages, but I only just paid attention to it. Love the Header photo!
I ended up catching up on science instead. Maybe tomorrow. I really miss it, though.
And thank you. Not for ages no put that header there when I changed the theme, about two months ago, I think? Hopefully you noticed I changed the theme…. ;)
I use being a boy as an excuse for not noticing either until now.
Sorry :-/
I do like the changes now that I see them. But the photo is definitely the icing on the blog cake.
When I want to change my blog I usually just move the sidebar from left to right or if I’m feeling particularly like taking risks … right to left. :-)
HAHAHAHA
As my cats’ vet would say, typical male behaviour! :)
I’ve had this for almost 30 years in the form of Tietze’s Syndrome so I get it. I want to give you the gentlest of gentle hugs. Hope you’re ok.
Oh dear, yes you do. I am back to my usual ” just sore” state, which of course, you know all about too. Sigh.
Gentle hug back to you!
Chondritis sucks. “just sore” is something I hope for each day. I hope you’re feeling better today.
Ouch!! That’d be shocker condition without anxiety. Goodness gracious I would be up at the hospital almost every single night with that thinking I was having a heart attack.
How did you get diagnosed? I imagine it took quite some time?
Oh boy. Yeah. I took years and a lot of “everything-is-in-your-heads”. Went from Internal Medicine specialists to immunologists to rheumatologists to phychiatrists and back. All of them without an once of compassion in their bodies.
Finally one of my professors, a PM&R specialist, offered to see me and he was the one who made the diagnosis.
Thank goodness! Sometimes it take someone to take a good look outside the box eh!
Yeah!
Again, thanks for visiting! :)