Monday was memorial day. It was a miserable night. As usual, the burning occurred worst at night. I kept feeling like there was some leaking happening in the cast. I couldn't sleep too much. I think maybe only 3-4 hours at most. I tried to go without taking any Tylenol, as this was one of the changes that I made before my shortness of breath incident. Mental note: burning pain minus painkillers equals burning pain!
I did wake up to my ankle nerves being settled in the morning, though. It's very weird how much of a difference it makes from night to day. All the burning sensations went away and the ankle pain settled. It was such a difference that I thought I might perhaps join Becky for a cookout at her parent's house. I decided to wash up, which always refreshes my body/mind.
The one thing that happens with the cast, is that the longer I'm up, the more burning sensation I start to feel. It seems like the wrapping is too tight or that it's just rubbing right on the nerve. Then I started feeling that leaking sensation and with each of the "leaks" I felt a pang of nervousness....almost as if my heart had fluttered. Of course, this started making me nervous again. I was actually nervous about not just being left alone, but also going to Becky's family's place and then having something happen.
My mom actually offered to have me come over and stay the night. So, prior to Becky going to her family's house, she took me over to my parent's house. This was such a good idea. Mom and Dad did everything they could to calm my nerves. The current theory is that I'm having anxiety attacks...probably from either the lack of sleep, the stopping of the oxy, or even maybe even just being inactive for so long.
So as I lie on their couch, elevating my foot, Mom just sat and chatted with me. She brought me water, fruits, snacks. Just chatting with my mom helped take my mind off of things. Dad threw in a movie, and cooked a nice steak dinner. ha, it was like I was a 10-year old kid with a flu.
This was a nice change of pace for me. It had been a while since spending significant time there. As wonderful as Becky has been through this whole thing, I needed some change..and this was exactly what the doctor ordered. It didn't fix whatever my breathing/heart/anxiety problem is, but changing environments was a good thing.
I slept semi-decently overnight. I took 2 tylenol before going to bed. I fell asleep around 12, woke up around 2. Fell asleep at 2 woke up around 4...then finally fell asleep around 5 and woke up maybe around 8... So added all together was about 7 hours of sleep. Unfortunately it was pretty patchy, but it was the most total sleep that I've had in quite some time. So I'll take it!
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