gridlore: Doug looking off camera with a grin (Bosch)
Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2011-01-31 10:18 pm
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Sad But True

I'm your dream, mind astray
I'm your eyes while you're away
I'm your pain while you repay
You know it's sad but true, sad but true


Looks like I'm pulling an all-nighter. The pain in my legs has reached a steady 7 on the 10pt scale, and I have surged to a full ten several times. Hydrocodone/Acetaminophine tablets aren't even touching it. Now the pain is radiating into my lower back. It seems marginally better when I can both sit up and get a lot of heat on my legs. Since [livejournal.com profile] kshandra needs to get some sleep, I'll take this night and sit up. Play some Nethack, watch DVDs with the headphones on, and just hurt a lot.

She did suggest a trip to the ER, but we can't afford it for pain. Even this bad. If I had other symptoms, like a racing heartbeat or extreme nausea, we'd go in a second, but right now I just hurt from the swelling in my legs. A late-night email to my doctor is forthcoming in which I am begging for strong painkillers. At this point I'd be willing to risk Oxycodone.

Hell, if I still had a client, I'd get onto IRC.

Long night, peeps.

[identity profile] wickedladybear.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I recommend both the compression hose and the short stretch bandages, but do be careful to go to a wound care clinic or lymphedema treatment center.

Hope the pain eases up soon!