Nope not creative, but perhaps progress. I rather thought of this as an upbeat post, appropriate more for cheers than sympathy. I started it last night when I realized there was very little difference between the dazed by the meds of the day before, and the dazed by the pain of migraine.
I'm pleased that I was able to beat the headache. I'm pleased that I was able to sleep, although it took some very conscious breathing and targeted relaxation. I pleased that I'm done with pain meds less than a week after the second surgery. Well technically third, but I didn't take much at all after the hysterectomy.
I'm more wistful than sad about leaving behind the days when pain was a toy. I kinda stressed out my endorphin system to the max, and it's more of a goal to settle it down these days.
The times at the top are sort of odd because I can't tell if they are supposed to be AM and PM or different times on different days since they seem out of order sometimes, but I'm glad that the pain eased up and that writing about it helped. Your voice - which tends to be very stream of consciousness - definitely comes through and I like the little poster gif too.
The times are intervals. It's a term used in racing to refer to intervals between events, for instances lap times. As such they are simply times, not times of day. They represent the reality generated by the instruction 4-6 hours.
Ahhh...I wondered about that, too! The voice here is really nice - you make the physical and emotional experience of pain very clear and moving. It might be worth clarifying the intervals just a bit, since it's the very beginning? The list of intervals is an effective format, and it might have even more impact if we knew just a little bit more about it going in. Nice job, and I love that the author's note continues the piece like an epilogue!
oh that's awful, I'm to the point now where the only pain i have in my ankle doesn't bother me until the end of the day when I trying to sleep. I couldn't take it if pain relief meant not sleeping.
Last night Flar fed me chocolate covered ice cream on a stick and iced my ankle. Tonight Knight spotted me in the bath and Ro fed me comfort food. Feeling better inside but the stupid ankle is making sleep hard to find.
Well, my back basically always hurts unless I find a good way to sit. I can stand for a little bit, but my back will hurt unless I can somehow push myself up so there isn't so much pressure on my back.
However, I had a headache and a friend had Aleve, but not aspirin. I took the Aleve for the first time and then found myself awake for two days, no matter how much I tried to get to sleep.
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I'm pleased that I was able to beat the headache. I'm pleased that I was able to sleep, although it took some very conscious breathing and targeted relaxation. I pleased that I'm done with pain meds less than a week after the second surgery. Well technically third, but I didn't take much at all after the hysterectomy.
I'm more wistful than sad about leaving behind the days when pain was a toy. I kinda stressed out my endorphin system to the max, and it's more of a goal to settle it down these days.
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I liked the stream of consciousness of this. It worked well.
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I can't take Aleve. I get that rare side effect of insomnia if I take it. It kept me up for two days when I took it.
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Last night Flar fed me chocolate covered ice cream on a stick and iced my ankle. Tonight Knight spotted me in the bath and Ro fed me comfort food. Feeling better inside but the stupid ankle is making sleep hard to find.
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However, I had a headache and a friend had Aleve, but not aspirin. I took the Aleve for the first time and then found myself awake for two days, no matter how much I tried to get to sleep.
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