Done yesterday (20090921)

[mdlbear]

0921 Mo
  * up 6:30; W=194.8; drugs, nose, teeth; coffee, C
  | right shoulder very painful.  Why the _right_ shoulder?
  * add nomination and award notes to vampire
  ~ 8am wake N if not up 
  * tell Marc that I won't be in next Monday; may change groups
  * send YD in with a note because nobody called her in absent
  * 9ish leave the house
  * 10:50 Naomi's flight leaving
  @ need gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 for mp3 playing
  * walk (pond), meditation.
    ! slightly down, washed out.  Not surprising: N left this morning
    | Right shoulder still hurts.
  ! foggy from pain, paralyzed over air travel.  Must leave before 8am
  ! waffled all afternoon over air travel; never did get it done.
  * 5:45p Be at Tantau for Anxiety Orientation
  * bed 10:30; snuggle; shoulder rubs

I was plagued all day by the pain in my right shoulder. During my walk I was feeling slightly down, very washed out -- it didn't take me long to realize that it was because my sister-of-choice Naomi had left in the morning. Spent the afternoon foggy from pain, and waffling over booking air travel for OVFF. Never did get that done; I have to do it today. It's complicated by the fact that the only way I can get there at a reasonable time is to leave before 8am.

Colleen gave me a couple of nice shoulder rubs at bedtime; that helped, as did the cyclobenzaprine and the double dose of naproxen. But it still hurts this morning.

We need to find Colleen a way of working in the kitchen; she's going stir-crazy. I think she intends to try the rolling walker today, but something like a rolling bar stool might work better.

Comments

[spiritdancer]

A thought for Collen in the kitchen: I've seen a wheeled walker-type thing at Sam's Club that has a seat as part of if.

Found it: Hugo Elite Rolling Walker. Link: http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=362039

[mdlbear]

Yes, we have a Nova -- the "rolling walker" -- that's basically the same thing. Perhaps a little heavier duty. She's going to try it sometime this week, I think.

[wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com]

Some prep stuff can be done sitting down once you have the stuff gathered on the table.

[mdlbear]

Yes, that's another thing she intends to do more of.

[shadowe_wraithe]

Ahhh, sore shoulder...not fun. I do cyclobenzaprine as well as 800mg Ibuprofen every night before bed, along with my Cymbalta and Real Honest To Goodness Actifed (Wal-Act) not that new PE garbage. It takes all that, and sometimes a hydrocodone on top of those to get me to sleep with reasonable comfort levels (due to back pain)

As for the kitchen stuff...with the post I noticed before hitting the reply, seems Colleen has managed to figure out the gathering/cooking/baking issues ok.

So, more on the shoulder. Have you checked yourself to see how you are carrying various things? Such as Lappies, bookbags, carryalls...? Sometimes that can cause a flare up, or the beginnings of bursitis. Not a fun thing, I know, I have it.

Hope it is getting better, and you don't need the doctor. Will send healing energies your way, as always.

[mdlbear]

Experimental evidence says that I need the cycobenzaprine, too; I now regret not taking it last night.

I'm left-handed, so a lot of the heavy stuff I lug around ends up in my right hand; that probably has a lot to do with it.

[mdlbear]

Actually my best guess is that it has something to do with either the way I sleep, or the way I lie when I'm snuggling Colleen _before_ I go to sleep. The latter is more likely, since I lie on my right side for that and there's often a gap between pillows.