Running out of meds ...

It's been such a great week - until now.  This morning was the last of those cortisone pills in that set the ortho doctor gave me last week.  I keep telling myself that I am imagining the return of the pain just because I know the pills are done, but I don't seem to be able to convince myself that it's all in my mind.  My leg IS beginning to hurt again. 

And we're only halfway through Mark's disappearance offshore, too.  But I'm pretty sure I'll be okay until he gets home.  What I'm going to do is take one of those super pain pills as soon as I get home each day.  Generally, after sitting still at my desk for the entire day, I'm not in any pain at all when I get off work.  It's just while I am feeding and dealing with the horses in the evening that it kicks back in.  So if I take one of those pain pills he gave me the minute I get home, it should begin to work in plenty of time for me to get going on the horse stuff.  And the fact that those pills make me really REALLY sleepy won't matter a bit since it's pretty unlikely I could nod off while walking around the barn!  Then when I'm done, I'll be able to go back inside, take my shower, feed the dogs without pain, and hit the sack.  Morning will be a bit more of a challenge since I won't be able to take any pain meds then (since I DO have to stay awake to go to work -- I've been doing this job for a long time, but it's still not "automatic" unfortunately), but I'll only have to feed the horses in the morning -- not fill water buckets or groom them, so . . . it will all work out, I hope. 

I'm scheduled for a physical therapy evaluation for THIS problem a week from Saturday.  Gotta wonder how physical therapy is going to help a pinched nerve, but hey -- Dr. R. says I need to go, so . . .

My return "3 week recheck" visit to the Ortho Clinic isn't until mid-October (5 weeks later, as it turns out) -- after Dr. R. gets back from his vacation - sigh.  But I guess it doesn't actually matter when that happens since I'm sure he won't be giving me any more of that "miracle medicine" again for a while anyway.   Darn!  I LOVE that stuff!