Oct 07 2009
Trying to get off of painkillers
I’ll try to use Tylenol tonight instead of Norco. I have only needed the pain killers at night, so hopefully I can go through the night with just OTC painkillers. During the day the pain only comes, when I stand up and the pain rushes to the foot and the feeling of throbbing occurs. Not sure if there’s away around that.
Tree on a sunny fall day
Today was a sunny fall day, it was beautiful outside with the sun and the fall leaves on the ground. Last night I went out for the first time since the surgery to the library to get new dvds and today, a friend came over for lunch — a nice way to break up the week.
Thanks for the advice on the crutches, I’ll look into cycle gloves. For now I’ve wrapped towels around the handles to at least spread out the weight over a broader surface area — seems to help. Anyone ever use a roll-a-bout?
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I enjoyed your reference to a “sunny fall day”. It is 90* and 96% humidity here. I am 5 days post op and have kicked the pain pills.
Same as you, I believe it best to separate myself from them ASAP.
Taking Xtra strength tylenol at night and just kind of enduring the discomfort during the day. Looking forward to what is ahead, which will eventually end with resuming normal activity and function.