Pain Management

Pain is a four-letter word.

It’s two weeks into my shoulder injury and it’s still quite painful. Actually, there has been an uptick in pain in the last few days that’s coincided with coming off the ibuprofen. I may be driving back to ibuprofen shortly. I did the two weeks straight of it, taking it three times a day and while not great, it certainly kept some of the pain at bay.

The migration to a drug called Celebrex has so far not produced the results I was looking for as it’s not dulled the pain at all. You can also take this with acetaminophen for pain management but I’m here to tell you that neither did the trick for me. I’m giving this one more day.

Sleep has been really tricky in the last few days. I got up last night at three a.m. and put a heating pad on it. My pitbull, Luna, eyed me lazily from her bed as if to ask: “what now?” I was as quiet as a mouse. My dog may be a light sleeper but my hubby was in dreamland so I applied the pad to my shoulder, in the living room. Garry has been really supportive throughout. I want to make sure one of us is getting enough sleep.

Initially, I was only doing only cold treatments, on the shoulder/arm but frankly, I’m finding a little more comfortable doing a cold treatment, than a heating pad. Things should be more manageable when I can keep the pain, at bay. It was so bad last night I took a Percocet.

My appointment with an Orthopedic Specialist is set for 11/23. Sadly, that was the soonest opening he had.

Anyway, today is a brand new day…it’s Friday the 13th, 2020. What could possibly go wrong? 🙂