Not straight

Who said exercise was good for you? Whoever coined the phrase is wrong trust me because my right elbow has gone worse, much worse this evening. If you can recall dear readers I injured it working out the other night and I woke up the following morning in some discomfort. That discomfort has not gone away and now well................

I've gone a high pain threshold and I don't like to admit things are wrong; but I've got some serious pain tonight and something is definitely wrong. I cannot straighten my right elbow, as daft as it sounds I can't - it's impossible, it's like it's locked or something. I can move it up towards me but I can't move it down and straighten it and it's swollen quite badly; I didn't realise how bad until I put a short sleeve t-shirt on. Now it's not the bone so I know nothing is broken; it's the muscles or whatever else that surround it on the front side; I can feel them tightening when I try to straighten it and they're tender to touch. It's also kind of numb and tingling down to my fingers.

I'm not overly worried or anything but it is kind of scary because it's far from normal and it may mean a trip to the doctors or something; gosh how they unsettle me. I'll see how it feels in the morning, if it's not gone away or eased then I guess I may need it looking at. In my original post I told you I learned the hard way, trust me I wasn't making it up. At least I've not lost my sense of humour, perhaps my right elbow is falling into line with the rest of my body and has realised I'm not straight! 

Good night blogger friends, sleep well xxxxx.