Monday and Tuesday

As I said, I’ve been feeling really, really tired since getting home. So, I didn’t do much on Monday morning. After the home nurse came and then left around noon, I took a long nap. Then I made some god-awful soup. I browned up some hamburger, onions and celery, then I added some frozen mixed vegetables and the last of the cauliflower Joe and Kathy had bought me (I ate most of the cauliflower over the weekend). I should have added some stock and then a small can of diced tomatoes, but I just put in a large can of crushed tomatoes, instead.

What was I thinking? (I blame it on the drugs). Tasted like tomatoes with stuff in it. Yuck.

Tuesday morning, I tried out my new shower chair. I had to use the main bathtub as my walker won’t go though the small downstairs bathroom door. But, it worked okay, even without the “wand” shower they told me I should get.

I got dressed and was just putting my shoes on when my Brother Carl pulled in. B___ was originally scheduled to take me to my spine doctor checkup, but he came down with a wicked cold/flu thing I didn’t want to expose myself to. So, Carl volunteered.

The doctor visit was shorter than getting the x-ray’s! He said everything looked great and that I needed to keep wearing the brace and to gain some weight.

I asked how long I had to be off work and he said two more months! I told him that was unacceptable and that I had to be back by March 15th so, after asking what I did, he said it would be okay if I took it easy.

I belatedly asked how long I had to wear the brace and he said at least two more months and then “we’ll see.”

All the way back home, Carl kept asking me to let him take me to lunch, but I explained I was really nauseated and didn’t care eat. We stopped at CVS to get my prescription (it still wasn’t “pre-approved” yet) but grabbed a few things I needed (most important was flexible straws – there’s no way to drink from a glass sitting down with the brace on).

I shared some apple juice with Carl at my house (I’ve learned to crave it since being in the hospital) and then he left. I took off the brace, changed clothes, popped a pain pill and went to bed.

Other than answering calls and waking up to go to the bathroom, I slept until 8:00 PM. I made a sandwich for dinner, watched a little TV, took my nighttime pills and went back to sleep for the rest of the night. Not sure if it was the shower, the road trip, the walk into CVS or what, but I was pooped!