A pain-in-the-scapula

On Tuesday I had a pain just under my left scapula. It didn't just poke me and leave. It moved in and stabbed me repeatedly for over an hour before it forced me to pay attention. And for the next 10 hours it was my constant companion. Of course, being the excellent student that I am, pain near the heart gave me much reason to pause and reassess.

In this moment, many people will have the life-flashed-before-my-eyes experience. Personally I was too busy trying not to scream in agony to get that dramatic. But God did get my attention, primarily about the boo-hoo pity me attitude that has been more prevalent in my thoughts in recent days.

I hate resolutions, they always seem to set me up for failure. But we're close enough to the beginning of the new year to say that this event has caused me to resolve to change my way of thinking about my life. Everyone has challenges. Ignoring them doesn't make them go away. If I can't change the situation, I can certainly make the best of it.

Meanwhile, my regular doc seems to think it was muscle-related rather than anything more serious. (Of course he's ordered a bunch of expensive tests to make sure...) So I will pick this old body up and try to stay away from sharp-pointy-painful things.