Today is January 19 and oh what a difference a couple of days make. I drove today to Muncie solo. I have a better understanding than ever of my digestive difficulties. Without this pain I require minimal medication for pain, taking only one or two of the oxy fives a day. My spirits are lifted. I feel really good and I just wish I felt good. It is weird that in my mind I am fine and happy and ignoring all reality just like always yet when I move about the animal reminds me of it’s presence. The lymphedema is persistent and requires daily attention, another constant reminder. I am tiring easily but seem to be getting stronger with each day that I do not have the stomach cramping issues. Yes I am even eating a fiber bar in the night when I feel the beginnings of an ache and now can do it without feeling uneasy. In the past two days I have slept horizontal in bed for up to two hours. Oh what a joy it is to be able to lay down, although I cannot lay on my back I can assume a prenatal, and drift off to sleep in the warmth of a bed.
January 20 and the abdominal aches kept me up in the night and persist this morning. Even with the apparent effectiveness of the laxative regimen I am suffering so I have much more to learn about what the animal is about now. I am resolved to aggressively go after it and determined to gain a control over it. By midday I am in pretty good shape. Gas issues have passed and base line pain is manageable, but it does make walking difficult and a little slow. I travelled today and shoveled some snow. The temp is going down to single digits tonight. Vanessa fixed an excellent dinner of chicken breast vegetables and a tater smashed to smithereens. I had a gab and pain pill for desert. I am once again in pretty good condition after my bout last night. My meeting today gave me some serious homework to be done by Tuesday latest and delivered to the client.
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