Monday, 2/14/2000 – My Return to Gainful Employment Well, I spent my weekend mainly flat on my back, thoroughly medicated, with a heating pad for good measure, in hopes that I could put the kibosh on the back pain that’s made everything rotten lately (I mean, even a sneeze makes my back tense and my […]
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday… Well, in the last several days, a lot has happened. First, I got some wheels. I managed to get Atlanta Rent-A-Car to rent me a Chevy Lumina, which has just barely enough room up front for me to get my 30-degree-limited left leg into the car (if I slide my left toes […]
How do you feel? What hurts? What’s tough to do? What sucks? I feel basically OK. Better than I expected, and in less pain than I expected. This afternoon, I did let my pain get out of control (trying to trim back on the Lortab), and this is not good – it takes a while […]
First Follow-up day – 2/7/2000 Well, before I start, I should say that it really helps to get out of the house, if only for a while. It’s kind of easy to start to feel like a loser laying around the house for 3 days, but all is made better by crutching outdoors on a […]