This is some what a repeat of what I added to my CarePage today. I felt so lousy that I felt it was CarePagable but at the same time I wanted to leave it here, too.
Tuesday, Dr Woolley wrote me another prescription for Percocet but he also told me I could use over the counter pain relief but he preferred to have me use Celebrex and gave me some samples. I had taken Celebrex before and remembered there was a reason why I stopped but couldn’t, for the life of me, remember why I quit. I checked my computer for notes and couldn’t find any. I even called my GP’s office and had them check my records to see if there was any notation. I’ve been trying to leave a record of meds that I stop for a reason but they couldn’t find anything. In the meantime I took one. Later on I talked to another nurse and she said it was because I’m allergic to Sulfa and they’re related. She added Celebrex to the allergy list and wrote a note so I feel covered. Fortunately I only took one. It would have taken several days for Celebrex to work so that wouldn't have been such an easy transition either. Having another reaction of hives like I had with Sulfa would not be what I need – ever but especially not now.
I thought that I ‘should’ try the Celebrex or the OTC meds since I don’t want to have a permanent ‘need’ for narcotics. Of course I didn’t feel too bad going to bed but by the time I got up I ached from my ankles to my knees to my shoulders and down to my fingers. I tried a couple different combinations I got from the Dr and was miserable and whiny all day. Nothing eased the all-over achy pain at all, all day and night. Sleeping was terrible and I ended up sleeping in my chair about 3:30 this morning. Usually when I get this achy, I just get up and take a hot bath and adjust my Sleep Number until I can relax. Right now, I don’t feel safe taking a bath by myself and I couldn’t find a ‘good’ number so I moved to my chair.
I’m back on Percocet and feeling much better. I could feel getting just a bit numbed but I could function much better. My wrist is still bothering me quite a bit. I’ve been keeping it bound with either my brace for carpel tunnel or the sling brace tightened up as much as I could comfortably stand and that does help.
I’ve been looking forward to getting this brace off of my arm just long enough to get clean for a long time – I don’t like it especially at physical therapy where I am pulling my arm overhead at nose level and, whell, it isn’t pleasant. Tuesday I was told I can take it off to shower but we were too tired to mess with it – and it was a very busy day, being Cabinet Day, too. Yesterday was misery. Today, poor Bob has had some kind of virus.
He had a 100f temp, chills, sore stomach, no appetite and slept a lot – most of the day, in fact. The poor guy is such a ‘do-er’ that even when he couldn’t stay awake, he couldn’t stop feeling guilty about not being up and doing something; he thought he shouldn’t be sleeping so much. I think he finally acknowledged that he really was sick and it was out of his control when I was polishing off that last bit of Zurcher Stroganoff tonight and he didn’t even want a taste. He was so cold even when wrapped up in my favorite comforter. I had mentioned that I loved snuggling up in it so he explained that’s why they call them comforters – they are so comfortable to snuggle up in. He then snuggled and slept some more. By the time he went from the couch to bed tonight his temp was down to 98.5. He is on the mend.
I am so proud of myself. Bob has not been able to get signed in on his computer to update or change the blog for several days. He has been using my computer which is his least favorite thing to do. I had an idea that it had to do with the McAfee cookie control but I couldn’t figure out how to change it. I finally found the right place tonight and Viola’, she’s a-working again. It was such a frustration because there was no logical reason for the problem. My guess is that someone using his computer hit Reject when the little window popped up, not knowing that it meant the access to the updating was messed up in the process. So now, he will not only wake up feeling better, he will be able to Blog at his own computer. What more can he want. Maybe I’ll even get a shower before Physical Therapy tomorrow – if I can get to sleep soon.
Kathleen
