Let there be pain
Forgetting pain is a blessing. Recently I have been doing everything to take care of the pain I get when my hip pops out of joint or my back hurts. A chiropractor and a few exercises for the back have really helped me get a handle on those problems.
However, yesterday I went out to get my medications and I waited for almost 45 minutes in line to get them. By the time I got back to the apartment I began to have the chills and coughing. When I start with the chills, I check my temperature. No, I didn't have a high temperature.
Then I went from the chills to the second part-- vomiting. It lasted for about a half hour. I would lean over to replace the pee pads for my little dog and then I would have to run back to the toilet. I got rid of the lemon tea I had drank to help me with the chills and all the cough drops. The colors of red and yellow were a little disorienting.
With a heating pad on my stomach, I took a three hour nap. I dreamed that someone had twisted my guts into a winding road and that each curve was being straightened. The pain was incredible. I still slept through it.
When I woke I still had to connect to the dialysis machine for my kidneys. I knew that if I could just do it that I would feel better in the morning. I managed through the tiredness-- my pain had calmed down a lot by then-- knowing that the dialysis would get me back on track.
Very unusual for me, I slept the entire night after connecting to the machine. I woke up to no pain. I still had the cough, but it was very light cough. Still I canceled my appointments.
For so many years I have isolated during the flu season because I would get sick extremely easily. I suspect that I have to start doing that again. So many seniors around me have had colds and pneumonia that were not the Covid-19 strain. I will be more careful.
Today I will have to drink a lot more water to replace what I lost last night.
Today I feel better.