I love all your replies! Thank you for caring so much.
Are you eating properly and on time?
No I wasn't eating. I had nothing to tempt me, despite a packed larder, fridge and freezer! Putting a bit of anything in my mouth just made me heave.
Second, are you resting as much as you should. i noticed that one day you posted a lot---were you sitting in a chair? or in bed with your knee up and a lap top on top of a pillow on your stomach? If the former--no wonder you had pain.
Trust me, Kelly, I am resting plenty. And I do my computing on my recliner with the leg flap up. I have a cantilever over-bed table which is extended with a 3 foot length of hardwood that reaches over my legs so I can pull the laptop close whilst I'm resting.
I seem to have been having a good day and a bad day but these last two days have been better. In bed all night, slept well, only first night had to take pain meds in the night. That night I gave up about 5am and moved downstairs to the settee. I took my duvet with me and was so focussed on not getting my feet tangled up in it, I was half way down before I realised I was actually going down
sequentially and not one step at a time! I was amazed! The next two nights (Mon and Tues) I had good nights in bed with no pain meds. Today I have done laundry and needed no pain meds at all. When I took the laundry upstairs to hang out, I went up and down normally!
My last dose of anything was 10pm last night! It's now almost midnight and I've needed nothing all day. This evening was a bit uncomfortable and needed to use an ice pack but even those are used infrequently now.
And need I remind you all, tomorrow I am 4 weeks out! Assuming this keeps up, I plan to go see the chiropractor on Friday as my back and neck are getting stiff. I also have ITB and hamstring issues which I've had since early this year and they are now really giving me gip! This will be my first drive out. My neighbour's worried about me doing this and wants to come with me! If she was a driver, I might say yes but she's not so what's the point!