Reading a little LJ / Conflikt / Shoulder Oww / Sleeeep
I've been reading some LJ recently, trying to catch up on at least a few of you. No idea whether or not I'll be able to actually keep up with it this time. Wish I could promise, but I'd better not. But I will try!
So... who all is still out there? Anybody still reading me?
In "this week in my life"... Well, I've pretty much been asleep, so far *this* week. Ursuscelticus & I went to Conflikt
last weekend, which was great!
I took my power chair, and for the afternoons and evenings, we brought a nice thick (4"+) foam pad which is half of a pair we use under our air mattress when camping, and a pillow, and I alternated between sitting in chair, sitting upright on the cushion, and lots of lying down, sometimes dozing a bit, while listening. It worked out very well for me. I was outside the circle and unable to *see* much, but I could *hear*, and that's all I needed. :)
I was afraid I'd get funny looks for it, but all the reactions that were visible to me were smiles and positive (and even envious) comments, which I was glad for. There's no way I'd have been able to stay so late into the evenings without it.
I did get questions about what I did to my arm, since I was not only in the power chair, but my left arm was in a sling a lot of the time (making me look, I'm sure, pretty pitiful). The answer is that I seem to have some tendonitis or something similar going on in my shoulder. It started a couple weeks ago when I was at the tail end of a course of antibiotics for a kidney infection, and this particular antibiotic listed tendon damage, even rupture, as a side effect (!!!), so it's possible that it's related. I'll ask my rheumatologist about it when I see him Friday.
Meanwhile, I'm trying to just rest it as much as I can and avoid doing things that cause pain. Which include even letting it hang down at my side, since even the weight of the arm all by itself seems to be enough to make it feel like it's being pulled right out of the socket. Owww!
Last time I had shoulder tendonitis (on the other side) it took about a year to heal. I hope this time isn't that bad!
It's earrrly Wednesday morning, and I'm awake at an odd hour now because since we got home Sunday night, I've been sound asleep all but about 8 hours total (and one or two of those hours are composed of 2-5 minutes here and there to take care of meds, peeing, and such). And I'll prolly zonk right out again for most of the day today, once I'm done with this post and a couple other things I'm trying to take care of online. *rubs eyes* And who knows how much of Thursday, aside from the dentist appt I have in the afternoon (during which I'll likely sleep while they fill umpteen cavities in my mouth).
There goes most of my whole week to sleeeeping. But it was worth it. *smiles*
So... who all is still out there? Anybody still reading me?
In "this week in my life"... Well, I've pretty much been asleep, so far *this* week. Ursuscelticus & I went to Conflikt
last weekend, which was great!
I took my power chair, and for the afternoons and evenings, we brought a nice thick (4"+) foam pad which is half of a pair we use under our air mattress when camping, and a pillow, and I alternated between sitting in chair, sitting upright on the cushion, and lots of lying down, sometimes dozing a bit, while listening. It worked out very well for me. I was outside the circle and unable to *see* much, but I could *hear*, and that's all I needed. :)
I was afraid I'd get funny looks for it, but all the reactions that were visible to me were smiles and positive (and even envious) comments, which I was glad for. There's no way I'd have been able to stay so late into the evenings without it.
I did get questions about what I did to my arm, since I was not only in the power chair, but my left arm was in a sling a lot of the time (making me look, I'm sure, pretty pitiful). The answer is that I seem to have some tendonitis or something similar going on in my shoulder. It started a couple weeks ago when I was at the tail end of a course of antibiotics for a kidney infection, and this particular antibiotic listed tendon damage, even rupture, as a side effect (!!!), so it's possible that it's related. I'll ask my rheumatologist about it when I see him Friday.
Meanwhile, I'm trying to just rest it as much as I can and avoid doing things that cause pain. Which include even letting it hang down at my side, since even the weight of the arm all by itself seems to be enough to make it feel like it's being pulled right out of the socket. Owww!
Last time I had shoulder tendonitis (on the other side) it took about a year to heal. I hope this time isn't that bad!
It's earrrly Wednesday morning, and I'm awake at an odd hour now because since we got home Sunday night, I've been sound asleep all but about 8 hours total (and one or two of those hours are composed of 2-5 minutes here and there to take care of meds, peeing, and such). And I'll prolly zonk right out again for most of the day today, once I'm done with this post and a couple other things I'm trying to take care of online. *rubs eyes* And who knows how much of Thursday, aside from the dentist appt I have in the afternoon (during which I'll likely sleep while they fill umpteen cavities in my mouth).
There goes most of my whole week to sleeeeping. But it was worth it. *smiles*