I ‘spoke too soon’. The nerve pain on one half of my body re-emerged, today. Before that change for the worse arose, I’d penned this post:
As generally, we choose to hear bad news first (which I’d posted, yesterday, concerning my two day tussle with a pinched nerve that caused me to say UNCLE), I’m relieved to offer up only good news, today—
Though I’m still more than tired and feel easily short of breath, yesterday’s ‘morning routine’ was completed by 10:30 am, which proved a feat as over this past weekend, that routine was spread out over most of the day.🙃
Yesterday, late afternoon, Irwin coached me through the list of simple exercises, left by my physical therapist, and though I chose to accomplish all of them by halving the number of repetitions, I achieved that realistic goal, which, hopefully will be doubled, today, before my PT appointment at noon, on Wednesday.
As to pain meds, I’m down to 5mg every 4hours and am smiling to note that’s half the amount the surgeon expected me to take. Yesterday, I needed only 150mg throughout the entire day.
So though after-effects following my difficult weekend are still knocking the stuffings out of my energy source, I am aware of my recovery progressing forward by focusing on small gains toward long range healing, and so, my assessment of how I’m feeling, today, is
A-Okay🙋🏻♀️🔆🌻🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️
Sorry to say that soon after penning the post above, the pinched nerve acted up, and we had to up my pain meds before leaving a message at Mayo, though we know my surgeon is on vacation, this week.
The response on my portal was unacceptable being that we were told my surgeon will be informed upon her return—six days from now. It’s after hours (of course)—even so, I’m calling my internist—this is ridiculous …👩🏻
Where are my three fairies—hopefully, not enjoying happy hour …🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️
As you can surmise, pain experienced, today, is not as excruciating as that of last week, and meds have kicked in; otherwise, I’d not end today’s post with a light hearted quip concerning fairies enjoying cocktails while I’m awaiting a reply from Mayo—oh— the phone is ringing—who is at the other end? My internist, who, unlike a major institution, has a personal interest in my well being …
👩🏻🔆🧚♀️Annie
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