Thursday, March 11, 2010

New meds

The pain specialist asked me if I were sleeping well. I told him I was sleeping fairly well. I do wake during the night from pain - either knee which is not so much now, or back. He gave me something that would "fix" that. He told me it wouldn't make me GO to sleep, but allow me to sleep. He was right - in spades. It was so very difficult to wake this morning.

The alarm went off, and I was so fast asleep! My first thought was to quietly cuss G for still working! So I stumbled into the den where I fell on the couch and promptly fell fast asleep again. That couch has put up with my sleeping on it for several years now. After the mastectomy it was my best friend in the world. Anyway, he was getting ready to leave about 45 minutes later, and I thought we had just gotten up!

I slept about an hour more, and finally pushed myself off the couch. I am still a little foggy! I can't believe how strong that little thing was. Of course, he also put me on Lyrica. I thought that was an anti-depressant, but I read it was also used in pain management. My first thought was that it would interfere with the Femara (the cancer drug), but it hasn't been shown to do so.

Tomorrow I get to do my most favorite thing in the world - Physical Therapy. But I guess it is necessary. It would be such a wonderful thing to be able to walk pain free again.

I don't know how the timing for the right knee replacement will be affected by all this. I know this treatment will stretch into April, and I wanted the knee done late April or early May. All I can hope for is to get it done in at a good time. I have a craft show I want to do July 10!

I was able to get to the craft room yesterday. While there I got it straightened a little, and I got the quilting done on Lady Bug's scrap book cover. It looks really cute. I will hopefully complete it today, and then I can start on my friend on the next mountain at the SSB. She has done so much for me, I want to do something for her. She can put her grandchildren's pictures in it.

So that is the news from here. The weather is beautiful. Hopefully after PT tomorrow I can get to the nursery to get plants to replace those that froze. We have really been lulled by our previously warmish winters. We paid this year!

Peace be with you.

1 comment:

Susan Adcox said...

The weather has been great. I spent a couple of hours out at my dad's house just cutting back the plants that are dead. They say to scrape the trunk and see if you see green or cut until you see green. I didn't see any green! He lost huge scheffleras, hibicus and pencil cactus. Too bad!