- I brought Mandy home from the vet. Mandy has an arthritic right elbow. She has pain medicine. I am confused but I'm not second guessing. I'll take that versus me running over her and killing her.
- I bought a walker with wheels, seat, and basket and I made a good decision to do so.
- I went to Dollar General and got pet food and other items.
- I went by Price Chopper and picked up some groceries.
- I picked up lunch at Guido's for Adam, Stef and I. Adam mowed my grass, but in the middle of it, his mower broke. I have a half-mowed yard and poor Adam feels bad that his father-in-law's mower broke while he was using it.
- I had a nice visit with the kids and especially Lane, my precious little grandson.
- I ate too much for dinner (3 little baked potatoes with lots of butter/cheese/sour cream) and cottage cheese and watermelon and cookies and milk! I was miserable and have to stop this!
- I went to bed too late again (after 2:00AM...still wound up over steroids)
Sunday, 6/15/08:
- Unfortunately, I was not able to attempt to go to church like I'd hoped.
- I woke up a little after 4:00 AM, nearly crippled (will explain later)
- I was able to get around enough by 7:00AM to care for pets and fix breakfast
- By 10:00AM I think, I was doing better. I've even walked without a cane some.
- I folded and put away the load of towels that was in the dryer.
- I took a nice shower and am wearing my favorite jammies that Shelia got me. I feel pretty and comfy in them.
- I had a good talk with Doris (sis in Colorado).
- While I'm do-doing every day, I've decided to take a stimulant because I want to be sure and be cleaned out (TMI, but that is this blog...and me.)
- I ordered those glasses they advertise that wrap around your regular glasses. They better be good. I will be getting new glasses in July. I need sunglasses. These seem like a good setup.
- Tomorrow I have an eye doctor appointment. As of now, I plan to go and I plan to use my walker, too.
- I feel nicely tired and may take a nap in a minute. I'm also taking extra pain medicine plus not sleeping very well due to the steroids, so no wonder I'm very tired.
- There is a very good possibility that I will be getting an offer on my home soon.
- Mandy is doing fine so far. I'm still amazed. I'm so glad I did not kill her.
OK...there's some major points. I will explain what happened this morning where I was so crippled. It was very scary.
I woke up after 4:00AM and my knees hurt, particularly my right knee. It hurt so bad I rocked in bed. I could hardly stand up or walk. I think I used my walker to get from my bed to the bathroom and had to hang on and barely get to the pot to go to the bathroom. I was very scared, as I have never felt this crippled in my whole life. Thank goodness my upper strength is better, though I've not got that great upper strength.
I recall taking some of my breakthrough pain medicine, I put BenGay on my knee, I elevated it, and then I even got a heating pad. The heating pad was probably not a good idea. At first it seemed OK, but soon I realized it was not helping in the pain. I lay there rocking and humming in pain and praying for God to take it. I found myself falling back off to sleep. Thank goodness.
Then about 6:00AM I used the walker and let the dogs out. I actually had to sit on the seat much of the way through the house when I was letting the dogs out. I filled my ice pack with cubes, let the dogs back in, and scooted back to my room. Am I ever glad I went ahead and got that walker. I knew I needed it now.
The ice pack truly helped. I think I even was smart enough to pick up some Ibuprofen when I was in the kitchen and I took some.
My knees have been swollen along with my face, ankles, feet and everything with the steroids. I remember getting in bed last night, though, and my right thigh feeling tight and my knee hurting. I think that now that I'm coming off of hte steroids, that I'm feeling more. The steroids hide hurts and issues. I think that my knees were swollen and hurt from the steroids in the first place. Then I have been off of my knees for the most part for a month, so they have been pretty raw and weak as it is. Then I think I'm doing real good and I'm doing light housework, running too long of errands, some exercise, etc. The steroids are covering up any sign that I may be overdoing. I'm just now feeling what is real again. I fell on my knees a few days ago and thought I only got a few rug burns on my knees, but now I'm realizing that I hurt my right knee just a bit maybe. I don't think I did any major damage, but I think I may have just aggravated it a bit, especially combined with over-using my knees lately.
So, I think my intense and crippling pain and weakness this morning was a break through of coming down off of the steroids. I think the ibuprofen and ice pack plus elevation helped give me relief. I think I need to be careful but it will be easy now, as I can feel when I'm overdoing.
I should have known better I suppose, but in the time I was on them before, I never had this kind of issue.
I was very surprised and relieved that by 11:00 AM, maybe earlier or later, I do not recall now, but I have since walked without a cane or anything today. That is a complete 360 degree turn compared to where I was at 6:00AM. I could have easily paniced this morning. I was crippled. I had to sit in the seat on the walker to fix breakfast. I sat on the seat and scooted down the hall. I could not walk all the way using the walker at one time even.
As my bullets showed, I folded and put away my towels and I've showered. Other than that, I'm staying off my feet and have them elevated in bed. I am putting ice on my right knee every once in a while. I'm taking ibuprofen and I'm keeping up with the pain medicine until at least 6:00pm maybe. Then I'll see if I am OK with just my regular stuff, as I take 60mg Morphine Sulfate two times a day anyway.
Tomorrow I have an eye doctor appointment at 10:45AM. Right now I intend to go and I will definitely use my walker. If I feel too bad, of course I will cancel. My eye doctor monitors my eye pressure due to the steroids. He sees me more often when I'm on them. I have not been on them, of course, until just now, so I think it's important for him to look at my eyes. There is no problem with my eyes when I'm not taking the steroids. But I want to talk to the eye office and see how soon my insurance will cover a new pair of glasses, as I'm in dire need for new glasses. I not only hate my current glasses and they don't work well, I've either run over them or something the day I brought Mandy to the vet. So, I'm very anxious to check in on when I can order new glasses.
I hope those wrap-arounds they advertise on TV are as good and functional as they advertise. Sometimes those items are great and sometimes not. At first I thought it was so easy ordering them. You don't talk to a live person, you just respond to questions and it works quite well. All was going well until they tried to sell you an extra pair. I said "no". They asked again, I said "no" again. Then they offer the second pair for $5.00 cheaper. Again, "no." Then they ask you if you want an upgrade where there's some anti-glare or scratch or whatever, plus a case, a cloth, a 2-year or is it lifetime gaurantee replacement if you break or scratch them....'no' and they ask again...and I buckled and said, "yes." OK OK...so I just got the little $9.99 upgrade where now I get a carrying case, cloth, something extra on the glasses like scratch resistance or something and something about glare I think...PLUS the warrantee..and now I can't remember if it was only 2 years or lifetime. Whatever. THEN they tried to offer something else...."NO!!" They may have asked twice for it, too..."NOOOOOO!" Finally, the call ended. So, while initially I was impressed with how to order these glasses, I started to get annoyed. I was folding my towels as I ordered the glasses. I'm really planning on my new glasses. I hate having to wear glasses anyway, and then when you need sunglasses, it's just annoying. You have to either buy prescription sunglasses which I don't because it'd be too expensive. Uusually the frames I pick out will include a sunglass attachment that magnetically attaches to my regular prescription glasses. That's not a bad deal, but then I don't want to buy frames just to get one of those. This time I really want to get some cute frames. Doris always has cute frames and hers actually look good on me. So far this place hasn't had the cute styles. I don't know if I can go somewhere else for frames. I'll have to check into the kind of eye glass insurance I have. It's through my Sprint LTD benefits. I go to a place called "Discover O" I think it's name is. This one is in Overland Park on Nall, but there's one in Independence. If I don't see cute frames in Overland Park, I might take the time and trouble and drive to Independence or elsewhere.
The last 3 years I've settled with frames I was not all that happy about. I don't think I'll do that this year.
I do not understand why my ankles are still so swollen, especially that I'm off my feet. My left ankle is the most swollen and you can't even see my ankle bone. Hmmmmm. My right ankles are puffy, can't see ankle either, but left is real fat. I just don't know why I have this swelling.
I may consider calling my doctor's nurse tomorrow and updating her of my recent symptoms, etc.
I sort of miss the thunderstorms we had this afternoon, though I don't want any more flooding.
Well, I think I will relax and maybe nap...read..not quite sure.
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