Healing from the best of both worlds... eastern and western medicine unite to bring me back to 100%. Maybe even 110% :-)
YESTERDAY started with a refreshing shower in my tub with my transfer bench and sealed trash bag leg and new shower head, all courtesy of Alon. It was bliss and I sorta felt like a little kid a because the ENTIRE bathroom turned into a puddle with soap and water everywhere, more or less.
My best friend Candice came over with special get-well green super breakfast smoothies (homemade) for me, Alon and her... she also made us eggs and toast and brought some groceries. I love Candice as much as I love Alon. They are a dynamic, compassionate pair and I don't know what I would do right now without them. Probably be in a rehab facility.
My physical therapist Deb came at around 11am... paper work, paper work. Then we went through 4 "exercises" together.
Sitting up in bed with legs extended (obviously)...
1) Quad sets
2) Ankle pumps
3) Glut sets
4) Leg slides to side (fully assisted)
I am going to do these exercises twice a day, 10 reps, taking a total of about 5-10 minutes altogether. Besides scootin' around on my walker in the house, and doing yoga poses in bed, this is about the extent of my activity and exercise for the next 8 weeks I think.
Continue on the CPM, ice frequently, rest. There is also now a prescription in process for a wheel chair thanks to Deb and my surgeon Dr. Fulkerson, so that I might get some fresh air and cruise around Pearl Street or the Creek Path once I have the stamina, etc. That all goes through my United Health Care, which is pretty sweet.
Dale, my Shiatsu practitioner, came by last night. Special home visit. And did some energy work (chakra, reiki) on my leg for about an hour. It was intense, hot, heavy, quiet... healing. Said he'd come by during his breaks to continue working on me. I was touched by his generosity. More stuff I can do on my own along with PT to keep me moving on the path of health and recovery.
I took a few naps inbetween all this. I'm on a medicine regimen that fluctuates between oxycodone and tylenol mostly. Might make me sleepy, nauseous, or dizzy. Or feel normal. Hard to say right now. I'm trying to vary the two so that I don't feel to many side effects from either one.
By the end of the day, I was worn out and hurting. My pain was about a three-four out of ten. I took oxycodone, valium, put on my lavendar eye pillow and did savasana on my couch. I was asleep in about 30 minutes. Unforntunately, the rest of my sleep last night was not so awesome.
My parents come today. They will land at about 11:11am. Thank you to my sister and neighbors who will be taking care of Squeeks, our cat, and watching the house during their brief stay with me.
After breaking bones your doctor's office pain scale questions become harder to answer and less meaningful for them I think. And in your case I think this will be especially true. That ear ache that used to be a 7 will now be a 2.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear you have some healing processes that will work for and with you.
Haha, thanks Eric. Good point!
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