Meanwhile: three days until Hannukah starts and for once I actually have the presents all bought. (The kid, sternly, last week: "Have you bought the presents yet? All of them?") I don't have the house cleaned up; but I do have a really good excuse, that I am broken.
Did my first PT session this morning. The PT woman told me not to lift. How can I clean house if I can't lift? I ask you!
Also my shoulder guy -- or rather his nurse -- is getting stiff about the amount of drugs I am getting through. Apparently I am eating too many pain drugs. They have no idea how many pain drugs I would like to eat: that is all.
Some non-drug help with the pain can be to use gentle heat. My wife used the "Bed Buddy" wrap. It is like a sock filled with a granule that looks like rice. It is heated in a microwave for a minute or two. That wrapped around the joint helped her bear through her suffering.
ReplyDeleteYou have my best wishes.
I'm using a heating pad, and also an ice bag. Haven't tried one of those bed buddies yet, though I've looked at them. Thanks for the tip!
ReplyDeleteI say use the fucking drugs. If you hurt, by god take the meds.
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