I can't believe that I've not posted since January 14! So much for part of the life changes I had planned. I did a update on how they are coming along over on Rambling Thoughts of a Southern Lady.
Between the holidays, kids coming to visit, sinus infections, a reaction to a new drug, the flu and the stomach flu, not much of what I planned has actually happened.
My pain has gone up and down much like a kid's see saw. It's been a Level 4 and it's been a Level 9 it even hit Level 10. Sometimes it's been at both ends of the scale in a 24 hour period. I can't take the flu shot because I had Guillain-Barre Syndrome when I was 14 but I've been blessed to not have had the flu for several years. This year I got the flu. For about 4 days my pain stayed between a Level 7 and Level 9. I probably could have taken more medicine for the pain than I did. Since I was also taking antihistamines in an effort to try and open up my sinus passage and I was home alone much of the time, I was afraid to take much more that my normal. I would rather hurt and still be here to see my grandchildren grow up than to take a chance on mixing the wrong medicines or amount of medicines.
About a month after that I got the stomach flu that was going around. I woke up one morning and felt pretty good and I was loving that. A couple of hours later I took Mr. Supportive to work so that I could have the car to run errands. The errands didn't happen. I suddenly felt nauseous and got my window down just in time to deposit breakfast down the side of the car in the parking lot where he works. Right outside the big double glass doors. The doors that his co-workers were standing at watching the morning unfold and drinking coffee. Of course the guys came running out to see if they could help. Sigh... Talk about wrong time, wrong place.
I headed home and made it about 3 blocks when I knew I was going to be sick again. Since I knew the Goodwill store had a clean bathroom, that's where I went. I grabbed a washcloth off the rack on the way to the back of the store. Thankfully I was able to make it into the bathroom and wet the washcloth before I got sick again. After what seemed like forever, I was able to pay for my wet washcloth (or at least I hope I did), get to the car and make it home before I was sick again. Once again my pain was up between a Level 7 and a Level 9. After I had been home for a little while, it hit a Level 10 that I hadn't experienced since 2009. Between the pain and throwing up more than I did in both my pregnancies combined I barely moved for almost a week. I was in a lot of pain when I had the flu but it was nothing like this. This was the pain that I had before I was prescribed any kind of pain medication but this time I was having it taking 60 mg of Kadian every 12 hours and 30mg of morphine every 3 or 4 hours.
But as the saying goes, this too shall pass and it did. It took me a while to build my strength back up but I did and started getting back on track. For a while...
This is where this part of the story ends and a new chapter begins.
I headed home and made it about 3 blocks when I knew I was going to be sick again. Since I knew the Goodwill store had a clean bathroom, that's where I went. I grabbed a washcloth off the rack on the way to the back of the store. Thankfully I was able to make it into the bathroom and wet the washcloth before I got sick again. After what seemed like forever, I was able to pay for my wet washcloth (or at least I hope I did), get to the car and make it home before I was sick again. Once again my pain was up between a Level 7 and a Level 9. After I had been home for a little while, it hit a Level 10 that I hadn't experienced since 2009. Between the pain and throwing up more than I did in both my pregnancies combined I barely moved for almost a week. I was in a lot of pain when I had the flu but it was nothing like this. This was the pain that I had before I was prescribed any kind of pain medication but this time I was having it taking 60 mg of Kadian every 12 hours and 30mg of morphine every 3 or 4 hours.
But as the saying goes, this too shall pass and it did. It took me a while to build my strength back up but I did and started getting back on track. For a while...
This is where this part of the story ends and a new chapter begins.
