Almost Two Weeks

I think my cheeks are rosy!  Usually they are red and splotchy, a sign of pain for me.  But today is better, on many levels.  It's 10:30 AM and I have not turned on my Neurostimulator.  I had it on until 9:00 PM yesterday, and I was pleased with the results.  I did my share of laying around reading, but I also spent some time in my craft room making cards.  Quite enjoyable to be back in there.  Also very enjoyable to sit at my craft desk without my right leg and hip aching and my right foot beginning to tingle and get numb.

So, today I have not been laying around or crafting yet.  Instead, I had an appointment at my dental office to have my 1st denture adjustment.  Nice difference and adjustment makes.  Except when I try to eat with them.  This is a time will see drama. and I suspect more adjustments.

The same goes for the Neurostimulator.  I am finding it quite helpful with pain, not surgical pain, but general - this is why I got a Neurostimulator pain.  I have not had the opportunity to walk much.  I won't walk without my husband, or another person beside me.  Also, it has been 112 degrees outside and a bit humid.  I am not particularly interested in going out in that weather, unless absolutely necessary.  Regardless, that is the next phase of what I want to check out with the Neurostimulator.  I want to know if I can walk, even short distances, without pain.  Maybe Sat or Sunday I will be able to check this out at a local craft store!

Today my plan is to work on Niah's quilt and read.  I adjust the Neurostimulator based on position.  My hope is that when the device gets adjusted, I can chart which part of each lead is activated, and judge where the relief is.  I believe I need to take an engineering standpoint with this approach.  Being that there are 8 points of activation on each side of the lead, the potential for combinations is 64 (I think!)

On to my day!

New partial dentures adjusted - check
           getting in and out of van sucked!  The lumbar supports are annoying!
Exterminator sprayed house - check
Felt near complete exhaustion just after noon and had to lie down

I do not understand why on some days pain medication does nothing for or to me, and other's - like today - it knocks me on my butt.

Neurostimulator Discovery #1:  When I turn the device up too high, it makes me queasy and hurts the ribs on my right side.  Things that make you go hmmmmm!