Because I Couldn't Say It On the Phone

Nurse Arlene, you're a bitch.

On Saturday, I was laying on my couch reading, twisted my torso to move from my back to my side, and I got a sharp shooting pain on my left side toward the bottom of my rib cage. The sharp pain went away, but now it comes back, fleetingly, if I twist a certain way, or bend over or sit up without supporting my stomach. I also have a very slight dull ache in my side from all the repeated sharp shooting pains. I did a google search and spoke to some friends and similar side pain seems to be common in pregnant women.

Today, just wanting to be certain I wasn't ignoring something serious, I called my doctor's office and left a message for a nurse to call me back. When I explained the problem, the nurse insisted there was no way it was related to my pregnancy. I've never hurt myself so easily before or in this particular place on my body so I find that hard to believe but ok.

She then asked if I exercise. I told her I walk, but I wouldn't call it exercise. She suggested this must have happened exercising. I again explained that I knew how it happened and I did it sitting up. And this is where her response goes way off the offensive charts. This idiot had the nerve to say to me, "Yes, you probably pulled something. I can tell you are a Type A personality and you probably sat up too fast."

Believe me when I say I am NOT a Type A personality. I may get a little anxious and stressed out now and again, but I am the furthest thing from Type A. I called J to tell him about the conversation and he outright laughed when I got to this part. He then offered Type L for lazy as a more fitting personality type.