Many of you have kindly asked how I'm feeling with the new pain medication. And the answer in a word: great!
Except I still can't sit.
Still, I've suddenly realized how much low-level pain permeated my day because it's all gone. It's like the phone line was filled with static, but I didn't realize it until it stopped. It's glorious. Maybe too glorious. I could become mentally addicted to feeling this way, though I was clearly getting along without it and still could (though, now every six hours when that background pain comes back, I notice, which is a bit more annoying and distressing than it used to be) The medication was supposed to make it easier for me to sit, but there hasn't been much progress in that regard (it might have added a few seconds and dulled the pain response that does come, which isn't nothing). It hasn't been a week yet so maybe there's some kind of accumulation effect. Also, I can't imagine it's that easy--one pill and I'm healed.
I'm waiting on the oral nerve blockers for a bit, just want to see what physical therapy with the new PT can do, as it seems promising. There's always time for another pill after a few weeks. I hope it's as good as this one.
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