Day -19: Did I ever mention I don't like needles?
Great night's sleep last night. The dressing on the catheter hurt when I adopted my favourite TV watching pose - right arm behind my head - and it also made sleeping on my right side uncomfortable though by the time I woke up just after 6 this morning, it seemed to have settled down. Yesterday's leak looked a bit gruesome so I asked them to change the dressing at the hospital this a.m. They were delighted to do it as they never get to mess with dressings that big in the "stick needles in you" department (I don't think that's the official name.
I had to have two Zarxio jabs this morning and the nurses rather sportingly conspired to stick a syringe in each arm at the same time. The whole job was over in 5 minutes plus the wait time for the Zarxio to come up from the dispensary so I was done just in time to miss the hourly shuttle back to SECU House. The shuttle driver is from New Rochelle and was intimately acquainted with the house from the Dick Van Dyke Show (though he took an unnecessary amount of pleasure in pointing out that he was too young to have watched it first time round - pretty sure I was in high school).
So back at SECU shortly after 11 for a quick explore to find where the stairs are rather than wait for the elevator (which is powered by an arthritic squirrel), play a quick game of 2048 and discover that I can almost play the guitar again (I've brought my best one with me). That was followed by lunch of Susan's Wednesday night leftovers and a start on a jigsaw of an old school house. The jigsaw table in the lounge is pretty small so it's a good job I didn't bring a 2000 piece one.
Tonight holds the excitement of sloppy joes for dinner followed by another crappy movie of my choice. Maybe High Noon or Casablanca. And a bit more of my Terry's chocolate orange, most generously donated by one of my students. Alas, I am up super-early tomorrow as there is no shuttle at weekends and I suspect the cab driver will have no clue where the North Tower of the hospital is, any more than I do. Mustn't watch A Tale of Two Cities if I am going to the North Tower.
Final medical update - the Zarxio is supposed to make my bones ache. No sign of that yet.
Crap - did I speak too soon? It's 5 hours later and I hurt all over or at least from my knees to the top of my head. It came on during dinner at about 6 pm as a dull ache in my lower back and is spreading. And I have 2 more of these to go. To quote Bluebottle, "I don't like this game." And the movie was My Fair Lady though I couldn't keep my eyes open at 8 o'clock and turned it off.
I had to have two Zarxio jabs this morning and the nurses rather sportingly conspired to stick a syringe in each arm at the same time. The whole job was over in 5 minutes plus the wait time for the Zarxio to come up from the dispensary so I was done just in time to miss the hourly shuttle back to SECU House. The shuttle driver is from New Rochelle and was intimately acquainted with the house from the Dick Van Dyke Show (though he took an unnecessary amount of pleasure in pointing out that he was too young to have watched it first time round - pretty sure I was in high school).
So back at SECU shortly after 11 for a quick explore to find where the stairs are rather than wait for the elevator (which is powered by an arthritic squirrel), play a quick game of 2048 and discover that I can almost play the guitar again (I've brought my best one with me). That was followed by lunch of Susan's Wednesday night leftovers and a start on a jigsaw of an old school house. The jigsaw table in the lounge is pretty small so it's a good job I didn't bring a 2000 piece one.
Tonight holds the excitement of sloppy joes for dinner followed by another crappy movie of my choice. Maybe High Noon or Casablanca. And a bit more of my Terry's chocolate orange, most generously donated by one of my students. Alas, I am up super-early tomorrow as there is no shuttle at weekends and I suspect the cab driver will have no clue where the North Tower of the hospital is, any more than I do. Mustn't watch A Tale of Two Cities if I am going to the North Tower.
Final medical update - the Zarxio is supposed to make my bones ache. No sign of that yet.
Crap - did I speak too soon? It's 5 hours later and I hurt all over or at least from my knees to the top of my head. It came on during dinner at about 6 pm as a dull ache in my lower back and is spreading. And I have 2 more of these to go. To quote Bluebottle, "I don't like this game." And the movie was My Fair Lady though I couldn't keep my eyes open at 8 o'clock and turned it off.
Comments
Post a Comment