Body updates

[jbailey]

Angie spent ages trying to convince me that muscle pain was good - that the hurt that comes from actually exercising is a good thing.

I think it's taken me undergoing a live dissection to actually have a clue what she was talking about.

Some recent firsts:
* I've lifted Leif a couple of times to keep him from climbing up and over the child gate. I'm allowed to lift him in emergencies. I didn't need to crawl away and cuddle my Oxycodone after.

* I didn't take extra Tramadol in the morning this past weekend in order to cope with playing with him. This would've been a bright move had it been a 2 day weekend. As it was, I did wind up pulling a muscle near the end of the third day.

* I biked home today for the first time in 7 months.

I still haven't kicked the last pain killer in the evening. Every time I get brave enough to try it again, I up my activity level instead. So, keeping to a full dose this week. Maybe cutting to a half dose next week. There's travel coming up, and I want to make sure I don't screw myself for that.

Comments

[thatanikagirl.livejournal.com]

Yay! That's fantastic progress.

[jkakar.livejournal.com]

Congrats on riding home! That's awesome. :)

[motherinlawtree.livejournal.com]

Oh I am very happy to hear you are able to do more and more of those things that are dear to your heart. One day you might be like my Mum when she broke her back and was in a lot of pain, but about six months later I called her (long distance so we hadn't seen each other for quite a while) and asked her how her back was doing. "What back?" she said, "There's nothing wrong with my back!" That will be a day, when you forget for a moment and are strong enough that it's okay to do so. (I think you're not as forgetful as my Mum however)