An Awful Day to End an Awful Month

I have a love/hate relationship with September. The kids head back to school, which I love, and the kids head back to school, which I hate. In the love column, I have a quiet house and time to work without interruptions. In the hate column, there are Back to School nights, band meetings, stacks of new year school forms, homework help, after practice pick-ups, and the general hassle of reestablishing a daily routine.

This year has added Driver's Ed and College-planning meetings, physical therapy, and multiple doctor appointments to my already hectic September. And what's a blog for if not to whine about an annoying day to a bunch of lurking strangers. ;-) So, what went wrong today....

Hyperflexibility Strikes Again

At first hyperflexibility (aka being double-jointed) may sound like a good thing. Or, for some people, it must sound like a sexual thing, because I've gotten quite a few inappropriate leers or comments if I happen to mention being hyperflexible. (Seriously, if that's where your mind went: Not everything is about sex!)

But as I keep finding out, hyperflexibility is bad. Very bad. A few years back, a rheumatologist was looking into my chronic joint pain and decided that my joints simply get sore and inflamed because they bend way too much. Now it turns out my feet are also hyperflexible and it's causing a slew of problems.

That's right, I had my first physical therapy appointment yesterday to start dealing with the stress fractures in my feet. And yes, that's feet, plural, my right foot hurts much more but both have the same problems.