Silver Linings

[ladysprite]

So.  Lesson learned this week - one of the upsides of having short hair is that it makes throwing up 75% less dangerous.

I've been dealing with a neck/shoulder injury for the past month and a half.   My right shoulder will always be more prone to injury, after my multi-year war with misdiagnosis, surgery, and car accident, and a particularly odd maneuver at silks class left me unintentionally hanging by said shoulder, rather abruptly and jarringly.  And, since then, I've been doing an awkward and frustrating dance of waiting not-quite-long-enough, getting mostly better, and then winding back up right where I started.

And this week I finally wised up and accepted that I need to actually take the time and effort to let myself heal.  I formally dropped out of silks class (I've missed most of this semester anyway), made my nearest and dearest promise not to let me take on any heavy lifting, requested a referral to PT, and started taking the heavy-duty pain meds, since NSAIDs haven't touched my pain for years now.

And dear gods, I'd forgotten how much my body hates opiates.  Oh, they make the pain go away, at least sort of.  I think.  Or at least they make me not able to recognize clearly whether I'm in pain or not.  But I'm also fighting a blinding headache, too disoriented to focus on anything more complex than reality tv, and currently unable to hold down anything more complex than weak tea.

I'm so not sure this is worth it......

Comments

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

Russ has the same kind of reaction to most opiates, but has found that hydrocodone works well for him when he's in severe pain. Have you tried that one?

[matildalucet.livejournal.com]

Sending gentle hugs, which feels as weak as that tea, but is all I have to offer today. Though if y'all need errands run, I'm not far away and have schedule flexibility most days.

[evcelt.livejournal.com]

::hugs::

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Glad that you are letting yourself heal. Hope you won't need the medicine for too much longer.

[serakit.livejournal.com]

I had that reaction the one and only time I was given something with opiates (Percocet), and I remember spending time afterward actively wondering why anyone at all would use this recreationally, let alone enough people for it to be considered a significant problem.

Sending hugs.

[johnpalmer.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear lord - I hope you're better, and feeling better, soon. As starcat_jewel mentions, try different opiates - tell your doctors "I have a bad reaction to X, can we try another?"