Less broken!
So last night got bad enough that I went to the ER, expecting a multi-day hospital stay, because I couldn't even get up to go to the bathroom.
Instead, they told me what I was doing wrong! Which is more useful, really.
* I should take whatever amount of pain meds allow me to function, within reason. Yes, being on two percoset may make my "raar I don't need substances" part of my personality cry, but it makes the rest of me much less likely to devolve into a screaming cursing spasming mass that is a burden on my housemates and fiancee.
* They were like "Huh what you spent most of the last two days lying on the couch? No wonder you're in here screaming!" Apparently a couch is not a hard enough surface for someone in my situation to lie on; they recommended "some blankets on the floor".
* It turns out having perfectly fine arms but a complaining leg means that I can get around on crutches, barring it being one of those screaming crying spasmy fits. Having the crutches around is pretty useful, just for basic-getting-around tasks, though I have not yet mastered the art of "carry a cup of water, on crutches"
So after I got back, we fashioned all my comforters into a pad in the living room, and I slept there. I little more painful in general than sleeping in my bed, but I feel a lot better today! I'll probably sleep on the floor for a few more nights, and then maybe when I feel a bit better about stairs I'll graduate to the firm futon in my room.
Instead, they told me what I was doing wrong! Which is more useful, really.
* I should take whatever amount of pain meds allow me to function, within reason. Yes, being on two percoset may make my "raar I don't need substances" part of my personality cry, but it makes the rest of me much less likely to devolve into a screaming cursing spasming mass that is a burden on my housemates and fiancee.
* They were like "Huh what you spent most of the last two days lying on the couch? No wonder you're in here screaming!" Apparently a couch is not a hard enough surface for someone in my situation to lie on; they recommended "some blankets on the floor".
* It turns out having perfectly fine arms but a complaining leg means that I can get around on crutches, barring it being one of those screaming crying spasmy fits. Having the crutches around is pretty useful, just for basic-getting-around tasks, though I have not yet mastered the art of "carry a cup of water, on crutches"
So after I got back, we fashioned all my comforters into a pad in the living room, and I slept there. I little more painful in general than sleeping in my bed, but I feel a lot better today! I'll probably sleep on the floor for a few more nights, and then maybe when I feel a bit better about stairs I'll graduate to the firm futon in my room.