Monday, October 08, 2007

Plain pain advice...

As I was leaving the hospital yesterday, the charge nurse on the floor went through a list of 'Things To Do' for me.
  • She also gave me a written copy of it.
  • I had to sign it.
  • My husband and son heard the list.
  • I read over the list again when I got home.
Number 1 was: Take pain medication every 6 hours.

The nurse told me not to get behind because it would be hard to 'catch up'.

She was right.


On a brighter note, I was able to take a full shower today and wash my hair. Preparations included, a shower stool to sit on, wrapping my knee in Glad wrap, taping said Glad wrap to keep incision dry. Afterwards, my husband replaced the old dressing with a new one. (All while not saying a word such as: 'Oh Yeuck!' or 'Man, they really sliced you open!', or 'Geez, that must hurt!')

Did I mention that he is the best?

2 comments:

Berne said...

Glad to see you're back home and slowly but surely on the mend. Hang in there, as I am sure pain now will give way to a lot more comfortable way of life in a fairly short time.

Loralee Choate said...

I'm glad that you're back at home, Sharon.

Managing pain medication is the worst. I'm such a baby, I always want to take more than the prescribed does at shorter intervals!

WELCOME, WELCOME HOME! Here is to a fast recovery.