Pain patches and pills

I know I haven't posted much about whats really happening in the progress of my health. Mainly for two reasons, 1) I was in danger of boring everyone to death with it, and 2) I am still getting used to various changes.

I have had pain patches added to my collection of pills and potions to lower the chronic pain so that when I start physio I can bear the pain. Well the good news is they are working they are genuinely lowering the day to day agony to something more livable. But with the sugar comes some salt and I am not talking about the constant sensation in my mouth.

It would be better to ask this question, how hard is it to keep a plaster stuck to you for 7 days? Very hard is the answer. These things just won't stay stuck more than 5 days. It doesn't matter what I do where i stick it (upper body only according to the instructions). They just come unstuck. I have tried using various tapes when they start to give, nope that just makes it worse. We are now on some kind of surgical clingfilm/ second skin, stuff, But that is too small to use just one to cover the whole plaster so at the moment I am sporting one pain patch covered with two of these other dressings and praying that they stay put till next Sunday.

Trust me, tattoos are a whole lot easier to deal with than this. To be honest on these tablets would be the ideal time to have another tat as I wouldn't feel anything between the dormant pain and the pain killers. As soon as I can earn my own money again that's what I am doing, treating myself to a survivor tattoo. That will give me a chance to choose between the 3 I have in mind. A grapevine over the ball of my foot, a dragon on lower back or an original my niece has on my hip. I have one simple rule will tattoos, they must not be visible in an evening dress or office work clothes. Not because I don't like the sight of them, it is just I have them done for me and no one else.

Anyway I transgress, back to the medication. I am no longer having back spasms every other day, we are now down to one or two a week. But I am still unable to hold myself up right for more than a couple of minutes. Instead it is a choice between relying on my sticks or ending up at a 45 degree angle. But I now on a count down to physio which is standing at 25 days to go. Then it is assessment day, from then we will have a better idea of what is treatable and what isn't.

So from now till then I probably won't blog about it until the 7th Dec, unless we have a major issue. Till then I hope you enjoy the rest of my blog.