I saw Angus this morning! Thank goodness. He knew exactly what to do and I can turn my head again. My shoulder is a bit sore, but that's to be expected. And, I have been remembering my fish oil and vitamins. and nerve flossing.
Still dead tired though. Yesterday was the worst; my back was giving me so much pain on Wednesday that I thought I’d take a leftover Dilaudid from my hospital stay. Big mistake! My back still hurt, but I was so dopey! Even when I got up Thursday, I was still dopey and sleepy all day long. I made a tactical error, thinking, “oh, I’ll have some coffee and be fine,” but all it did really was keep me from sleeping, when I think sleeping it off properly was the one thing that might have helped. I eventually fell asleep around 3:30 and when I woke up a couple of hours later, I felt a lot better.
But I am never taking those pain killers again!
Only 2 hours sleeping?
ReplyDeleteI hope that you get well very very soon.
Since I broke my L3 vertebra last year I must follow a regular daily routine to enforce the abdominal muscles not to feel back pain.
i can't even imagine breaking a vertebra! yikes. i should be doing something with my abdominals to support my back, but i'm not allowed for another few weeks (6 weeks total post-op).
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