Yesterday afternoon, evening and this morning has been a major downturn for me. The pain levels are out of control, and I've only been able to sleep in spurts in the arm chair.
I spoke with my case manager nurse, and it appears that all of this is "normal." It doesn't happen to everyone the same, or every time, but in my case it appears that two surgical procedures are now taking their toll. The worst of the pain is on my right side, from my hip/groin and down my leg. I guess this is not unusual based on what they had to do to me during surgery. I've been told to start taking the valium on a regular basis for the next few days, and they are going to determine whether my pain meds need to be changed or increased temporarily as they are currently providing me with no relief. There's also some question as to whether the IVC filter they put in about 10 days ago - which is made of nickel, the metal I'm allergic to - is possibly causing some additional pain as it's in my bloodstream and won't be removed for another few weeks.
Besides the huge pain issue I'm still very mobile and able to get around well. The pain is just so overwhelming at this point that it's tough to do anything else. I had wanted to get to emailing people and doing some work today, but now I'm not sure that is going to happen. I can barely type this blog I'm so groggy and uncomfortable.
A home health nurse came by yesterday for her first visit; typical stuff. The good part was that they do work on Christmas day, so they are going to schedule a time for someone to come out and remove the staples that morning. That will be a wonderful Christmas present! We still have to stick around until the 29th to see the case manager, and then will start heading home on December 30. Turns out if we stay until the 30th we get a much better hotel rate per night and save money, so we'll stay the extra night. This will mean we should be back home no later than January 1, 2009.
That's all for now.
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