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Spent the night downstairs in my chair ... when it came time to go to bed I just couldn't face the steps and I was afraid I'd get stuck upstairs in bed and not be able to get back down to my chair and cokes and snacks and meds ...Pip had to leave for work at 5:30am so I'd have been alone up there.
A little stiff in the back this morning but otherwise my chair was pretty comfy. My ankle, on the other hand, has really woken up from the numbing block the doctor put in yesterday. The second day is supposed to be the worse - unless that's the third which I'm praying it isn't - so I'm going to expect to be pretty miserable today, even with the oxycodone and Tylenol. At least I have a pillow for my foot, and I snagged a bag of cheese snacks from the fridge when I went to the bathroom this morning. Of course there's that other really bad problem with oxycodone - I'm also taking a few Colace daily to try to make sure I don't have that problem!
I might sleep downstairs tonight too - only on the sofa instead of in the chair. Didn't think of that last night for some reason. It's really a little love seat but I could prop my foot up and make it work. The one thing I don't like about going to bed is that the cast isn't washable - which means it's filthy on the bottom. I'll have to sleep on top of the covers when I go to bed anyhow. Have to get Pip to dig out a spare comforter for me ... once he gets back from work that is.
It's amazing the things you realize you can't do for yourself until you lose the use of one of your limbs ... at least I can look forward to the pain lessening and then I can do more.
A little stiff in the back this morning but otherwise my chair was pretty comfy. My ankle, on the other hand, has really woken up from the numbing block the doctor put in yesterday. The second day is supposed to be the worse - unless that's the third which I'm praying it isn't - so I'm going to expect to be pretty miserable today, even with the oxycodone and Tylenol. At least I have a pillow for my foot, and I snagged a bag of cheese snacks from the fridge when I went to the bathroom this morning. Of course there's that other really bad problem with oxycodone - I'm also taking a few Colace daily to try to make sure I don't have that problem!
I might sleep downstairs tonight too - only on the sofa instead of in the chair. Didn't think of that last night for some reason. It's really a little love seat but I could prop my foot up and make it work. The one thing I don't like about going to bed is that the cast isn't washable - which means it's filthy on the bottom. I'll have to sleep on top of the covers when I go to bed anyhow. Have to get Pip to dig out a spare comforter for me ... once he gets back from work that is.
It's amazing the things you realize you can't do for yourself until you lose the use of one of your limbs ... at least I can look forward to the pain lessening and then I can do more.