Physical Therapy Continues
I’ve been to a couple of PT sessions now, but all they have done so far is do the ultrasound and the TENS. My neck still gets very painful, if I have to sit for any length of time unsupported, such as at meals and at church, but already it is more flexible than it was. I see them today, Wednesday, and Friday. We went out last Friday for our Date Day after I finished the session, so I guess that’s the way we will do it for awhile.
I goofed on my medicines last week and put the Sinemet and Lodosyn in the boxes, as usual. That’s what my Neurologist told me to stop taking, and I forgot! No harm, really. But I made a big time bad mistake when I filled them this time. I put 4 diuretic pills in, where it should have been the colon relaxer pills!! I didn’t catch it until that night, when I take the last Bentyl by itself. That’s when I realized it was the wrong color pill. Makes me so mad at myself when I mess up like that. I’m just thankful I didn’t get into trouble with all that diuretic in me!!!
I started this post on Monday, but the interview I did last week about our Plush Memories Lost Toy Search Service was included in an msnbc.com article that published yesterday. So, I spent most of the day reading requests from families who are looking for lost lovies, and writing everyone to tell them about being featured in the article. I was on cloud nine all day long. We were able to connect two of our searchers with families who had the toy they needed, and were willing to give or sell it to them.
I got mixed up on the timing for my meds again, but not too badly this time. It’s just aggravating that it happens at all. I think it’s a Freud thing going on – I’m just sick and tired of all these meds, no matter how much I know I need them.
I’m tired today, too, because I stopped using the TAP for a few days, thinking that would help my neck to settle down. Of course that also means I’m not sleeping as many hours. I figure do without it one week, and if that is going to help, that would be long enough to see a difference. I will use the TAP again this weekend, or maybe next Monday, one way or the other.
The excitement of yesterday has calmed down now, but I am trying to stay upbeat, hurting neck or not.
The pharmaceutical rainbow can, at times, be tough to see clearly.
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Looks like the PT and the TENS are working a bit. That’s great. Even a little relief is better than none at all!
Our problem here is remembering to take the meds at night. For some reason, that’s the big one we forget . . .
I asked the PT about the possibility of buying a TENS device to use at home. He said that might be something they would recommend to my Orthopedist, in which case it might be an expense insurance would cover.
I read your post about his pill system, rather, lack of a system. I am taking 25 pills a day right now, spread over 11 times during the day, so I HAD to develop a system. And I STILL mess up.
It’s comforting, pdwarrior, in an odd sort of way to know that I’m not the only one who has trouble remembering to take all these meds. I don’t think I could keep up with it at all if I hadn’t bought the Timex USB watch. It nags me quite well. But I’m quite capable of ignoring its incessant beeping, if I am thoroughly involved in whatever I’m doing at the time. Bad, Bad girl!!!
Good luck with keeping all of your meds straight. Right now I Only have to worry about taking them twice a day – 6 pills and a patch in the AM, and 1 pill in the PM. Call it a Freudian thing if you must, but I always seem to have trouble remembering to take that evening pill… I have set alarms, I have written myself notes, but subconsciously I always seem to find a way to forget about it.