Day 30 11/14/08
I think there’s something to that Valium idea. I was definitely walking better today. We’ll see how I am after the spinal without it. I was 90% at PT today. Jason had been admiring my walking stick, so I gave him my backup as a thank you. I think he liked it. Wine and booze for the interpreters. Nurses taken care of, just the doctors to go.
Since I wasn’t able to get everything I wanted yesterday, I’m going to make a quick trip tomorrow to get the last items on my list. I think I just missed them at the RT Mart, which would make it a short trip, but I may have to go to Jimo, adding an hour and a half in the cab. I’m going between PT and acupuncture. That gives me 3 hours to do it. 8 hats, 6 compacts, 3 wallets and one other item. I feel like Santa Clause East. And now, time for the spinal.
Well, apparently, there’s a trade off when you abstain from Valium. You feel better after, but worse during. Not as bad as the first one, they only stuck me 4 times, but they root around each time. Finally, they got it done, and wheeled me back to my room. But I had a harder time lying still than before, probably also the result of no Valium. However, when I got up, I knew I’d made the right choice. I was much better standing and walking than the last time, no slide back at all. Theory proven.
By the time I’d done my 6 hours, it was 9 PM. Then, telling my wife, my mother, and sister I was OK and eating my nuked pizza made it 11:30. This is adding another hour. After lying around all day, I really don’t feel like sleeping, but packing doesn’t hold much allure either. I don’t think it’s really sunk in that I’m done, and in about 30 hours, I’m going home.
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