Ow Ow Ow x 3
I. Am. In. Severe. Pain. Ow.
Yesterday I was doing pretty well, got home from work and had dinner and things, but after taking a shower my foot really started to hurt and would not calm down. I took two Emtecs (like Tylenol 3 but without the caffeine, so you can sleep) and it did no good at all. It was a constant burning pain that was centred over the broken bone in my foot but also going up and down my leg. I tried calming exercises and visualising the pain as just heat, and imagining the bone knitting itself back together and feeling better, but it did not work for more than a few minutes at a time.
So I got absolutely no sleep last night and I am staying home from work today. I stayed in bed all morning, just got up to check my e-mail and make this entry, then I am getting back off my foot. Perhaps I just overdid it yesterday and need to rest the foot - I hope things are not shifting around or breaking/chipping in new ways. My doctor is off on vacation until Monday as well, so no help there. Meanwhile, I have painkillers so I can at least get a little sleep.
Anne met me after work with a very welcome coffee, after I joked that if the day went any slower I would start snorting lines of Nescafe off my keyboard. We sat in the back yard of St. Anne's and talked, and then went and had ice cream at Liberty Java. She is a dear and is accorded ShorDurPerSav status until further notice (= Short Duration Personal Saviour, a SubGenius Church term for anyone who helps you whether you know it or not. The person who takes away the drink that will make you vomit before you drink it, the surgeon who gives you the amputation you really need, and the cousin who shared the last watermelon Popsicle with you are all examples of ShorDurPerSavs. Anne, by ending my caffeineless afternoon, is a pretty clear-cut example.).
I will take it dead easy today and hopefully will be better tomorrow - I have a meeting with my lawyer in the morning, a chinwag with my boss in the afternoon (Check: tie on straight? Shoes shiny? Extra clip of 9mm ammo?) and Gothvic coffee.
I hate having broken bones. This is entirely unsolicited, non-consensual pain and I do not want it.
OW. And that's my final word for today.
Yesterday I was doing pretty well, got home from work and had dinner and things, but after taking a shower my foot really started to hurt and would not calm down. I took two Emtecs (like Tylenol 3 but without the caffeine, so you can sleep) and it did no good at all. It was a constant burning pain that was centred over the broken bone in my foot but also going up and down my leg. I tried calming exercises and visualising the pain as just heat, and imagining the bone knitting itself back together and feeling better, but it did not work for more than a few minutes at a time.
So I got absolutely no sleep last night and I am staying home from work today. I stayed in bed all morning, just got up to check my e-mail and make this entry, then I am getting back off my foot. Perhaps I just overdid it yesterday and need to rest the foot - I hope things are not shifting around or breaking/chipping in new ways. My doctor is off on vacation until Monday as well, so no help there. Meanwhile, I have painkillers so I can at least get a little sleep.
Anne met me after work with a very welcome coffee, after I joked that if the day went any slower I would start snorting lines of Nescafe off my keyboard. We sat in the back yard of St. Anne's and talked, and then went and had ice cream at Liberty Java. She is a dear and is accorded ShorDurPerSav status until further notice (= Short Duration Personal Saviour, a SubGenius Church term for anyone who helps you whether you know it or not. The person who takes away the drink that will make you vomit before you drink it, the surgeon who gives you the amputation you really need, and the cousin who shared the last watermelon Popsicle with you are all examples of ShorDurPerSavs. Anne, by ending my caffeineless afternoon, is a pretty clear-cut example.).
I will take it dead easy today and hopefully will be better tomorrow - I have a meeting with my lawyer in the morning, a chinwag with my boss in the afternoon (Check: tie on straight? Shoes shiny? Extra clip of 9mm ammo?) and Gothvic coffee.
I hate having broken bones. This is entirely unsolicited, non-consensual pain and I do not want it.
OW. And that's my final word for today.