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I suppose the up side of new phones and new OSs is that they keep the brain limber and prevent Alzheimer's. So the fact that the new phone neither pings me, nor displays messages at the top of the screen like the old one did, should be welcomed as a chance to go into the thing and learn how to make it do what I want it to. I'm still irked that two people messaged me Sunday to ask how I was and I never saw it.
Today saw great improvement in swelling and consequent pain, but also the disappointing realization that low back pain and hip flexor tsuris were not cured by the new knee, they were just taking a three day break from twinging. Add this to the difficulty the anesthetist had in locating the right spot for the epidural-- 'you have significant scoliosis'-- and I think I'd better get back to chiropracty. The last person to look at my spine, two or three years back, said the scoliosis wasn't that bad, so yeah, things have deteriorated. And some of the tsuris may be due to one of my legs being shorter than the other, though I can never remembr which.
Otherwise I continue the on-off good day-bad day pattern common to my recoveries. Things are less tender today, yes, but exercises are no easier. I take my meds and an hour later I'm feeling no pain-- am even a little bit buzzy for once-- and that means I have to do my exercises, and then I hurt again and am tired again and want to lie down and nap again only then it's time to get up and walk around for the requisite five minutes. Better than Monday when I don't think I was awake for four hours running, but still tiring. And of course I still have my cripple's reflexes, that assure me that standing up will hurt and walking after sitting will hurt. It will take time to outgrow those.
Today saw great improvement in swelling and consequent pain, but also the disappointing realization that low back pain and hip flexor tsuris were not cured by the new knee, they were just taking a three day break from twinging. Add this to the difficulty the anesthetist had in locating the right spot for the epidural-- 'you have significant scoliosis'-- and I think I'd better get back to chiropracty. The last person to look at my spine, two or three years back, said the scoliosis wasn't that bad, so yeah, things have deteriorated. And some of the tsuris may be due to one of my legs being shorter than the other, though I can never remembr which.
Otherwise I continue the on-off good day-bad day pattern common to my recoveries. Things are less tender today, yes, but exercises are no easier. I take my meds and an hour later I'm feeling no pain-- am even a little bit buzzy for once-- and that means I have to do my exercises, and then I hurt again and am tired again and want to lie down and nap again only then it's time to get up and walk around for the requisite five minutes. Better than Monday when I don't think I was awake for four hours running, but still tiring. And of course I still have my cripple's reflexes, that assure me that standing up will hurt and walking after sitting will hurt. It will take time to outgrow those.
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There had better be improvement because now I can feel the incision when I stand up. 'But nothing's changed! It still hurts to stand!' Patience was never my strong point, you note.
Ah well. I shall call this readjustment and wait for it to be over.