Sorry
about not posting last night… It was a pretty rough night to say the
least. My muscle spasms are basically
constant now and are making life at home pretty rough. I am on the muscle relaxer Flexeril
(cyclobenzaprine) but it is not doing much for me at all. For some reason the pain medication that I’m
on doesn’t seem to do enough for the pain caused by the spasms either. I called Dr. Peters office today and they
want to try me on Valium (diazepam) to help control the spasms… we’ll see I guess.
So
Monday night I made it up the stairs and slept in my own bed! That was really nice to be back in my own
bed. Tuesday morning though was kind of
scary/funny…. I woke up to a bloody nose (which is somewhat of a common occurrence
for me) and didn’t have any tissues or anything in reaching distance and my
forearm crutches were out of reach too.
Tatiana was in the shower so I tried to get her attention by throwing
anything in my reach at the bathroom door, like a powerade, my wallet and
such. She didn’t notice the sound while
she was in the shower so I decided to roll off of the bed and then roll over to
the bathroom door. As soon as the door
was in reach I just knocked on it until Tat got out to help me. It’s kind of funny how much I am able to do,
but at the same time so utterly helpless.
There
is another thing has really not been fun.
At least a couple times a day I have this really sharp pain that feels
like my skin is ripping apart in the area at the top of my thigh by my groin. I don’t really even know how to fully explain
how painful it is. I think it may be
happening because my leg is SOOO swollen (and hairy haha) that it is chaffing
on anything I wear or my other leg. If
it keeps happening I will definitely bring it up to my doctor. I was actually wondering when the swelling
should start going down, I know epidurals can cause swelling for a while after
they wear off, and obviously major surgery will cause some swelling…
Well I’m
not sure what else I should write, but I do want to keep blogging so hit me up
with some questions so I have more to talk about!
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