If my memory serves me correctly - (hahaha!) I was never overly fond of grocery shopping. The fact of the matter is, it was a chore. Today, it was heaven! I got to go out and smell wonderful things! Mostly in the bakery department. Sam's Club was my adventure location today.... My husband and I left a hefty amount of money there! We "needed" so much. But, even though I was so glad to go out, it was ridiculously hot in the warehouse store. I was thrilled to be out in public, until I noticed the heat! Unfortunately, when I get warm and then hot, I seem to notice pain exponentially. I have been working so so so hard on healing, and resting. I made it through my portion of the checkout process, then sat down and watched as my husband went through his. The thrill of grocery shopping is proportional to amount of time I have spent home alone while healing. If only we were done with shopping when we were done at Sam's Club. Sadly, we weren't.
I am healing well, and I now that I know there is enough toilet paper, paper towel, strawberries and hot dogs to last a long time - or 4 weeks, I can resume resting. Last night was not restful. Perhaps it was the anticipation of grocery shopping, or the fact that I have a bladder that is the size of a pin head. I am not yet familiar enough, nor do I have enough program variety on the Neurostimulator to determine if it is helping my bladder. It is not anywhere near as physically irritating as the 3 Interstim Neurostimulators that I had for my bladder. But, it also doesn't have the wonderful little side effect that the Interstim had! Additionally, I have not yet kept the Neurostimulator on during the night. Perhaps in the future.
I have noticed that sometimes when pain in a specific area is reduced, my body says "I have been meaning to demonstrate the following pain," and does. Also, I am hyper focused on pain during my healing period. The Neurostimulator continues to provide reduced leg pain, pain with standing, and lower back pain. The pain in my right rib cage, from the Neurostimulator, continues to frustrate me, cause uncomfortable pressure, and make breathing difficult. I decided to not ask for an adjustment prior to my appointment on September 10th, because as the lead and device are settling in, the feeling of it is changing.
Yesterday afternoon, I waited outside for my husband to get home from work. It is still a million degrees outside. I walked 1 1/2 houses unassisted (no walker) while waiting. I don't count walking with a shopping cart or walker. Although it usually hurts, it was never as painful as walking unassisted.
Finally, while I have been resting, I have been reading a lot. Having finished a book last Sunday evening, I started "Middlesex" on Monday. Recently, it has been easier for me to read books that require little to no mental capacity. This was not such a book, and I was not enjoying it. I decided that resting would be more effective, without the frustration of reading that book, and began a series of 5 Nora Roberts books. Much less stressful to read a predictable book that I can "rest" through!
Today I have been up and around a lot. Shopping and rubber stamping. Hoping for little to no repercussions.
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