Well today ends up being a non-productive day. There were a couple of things done, calls to two possible jobs. One is full time in a hospital and pays more and the other is retail and pays a lot less. Yes, of course, I am praying for the full time one at the hospital.
THEN
I moved from the couch to the bed. Once in bed, I pretty much promptly fell asleep. I know why, last night I was up until about 12midnight. Today I woke up just before 5AM.... drug alarm. It is less than the 7 hours I need. It's all good, I am still within my first two weeks of recovery, being day nine.
Yesterday, Tuesday April 22nd, I went in to see my doctor. The stitches came out! It was a bit painful. Not as much as the broken ankle, but still enough. The scissors needed to dig underneath the thread to pull it up to cut it. Being that there is also crusted blood and they are nice and tight, it is a bit of looking away and not paying attention. Well at least for me, I'm the guy who can't watch surgery shows during the specific time when the surgeon is actually cutting into the body. Before and After, I am peachy! I think that it was the one plastic surgery show I saw were the doctor had one knee on the table and was digging the suction tub all over the person's belly. Yep, just grossed me out.
Moving on..... So the photo is of one side of my ankle with steri-strips. They are there to keep the incision site closed. One side is wonderful and looks to be fully closed. The other (pictured) still has some more healing to do. I found out yesterday when I took a shower. The strips get wet and clear-ish. The one side with the plate has no blood. The other side does... the one in the photo. It is still all good, just a part of the healing process. I was told that once they fall off - on their own without any help from me - I will be able to soak my foot. There is a plan to visit the hot tub and site my happy butt there with my foot dangling in the jet.
One of the other happy things that has happened is that the swelling on my foot has finally gone down quite a bit. It doesn't feel like I am wearing some sort of donut casing, and all I can move are more toes. It is still swollen a bit, but progress and healing. I need to work on massaging my foot with a combination of foot rubbing and tapping to keep the circulation moving. A recommendation by a massage therapist friend and.... look it up on You Tube for better directions. The only things that are not on You Tube flips over to porn sites.
I have a new drug! Whoohoo! I have been on Tylenol with codeine and one of the big side effects is doziness. I have been given another drug Tramadol and on the list of possible side effect is trouble sleeping. Oh the joy... from one to the other. Both have a nasty list of side effects. One of the bad things about Tylenol with codeine is that is addictive. It does take care of the pain, but it will also bring it back as a ghost pain so that you take more drugs. Well, it is certainly not my idea of a happy high. Now there are brief moments that I miss living in Boulder CO or Seattle WA. States where marijuana use is legal. I could use a couple of brownies! LOL! Again, not something that I need either!
On a couple of other topics: vision boards and fleas
Well the bad news:
My dog has fleas. I bought a $60 anti-flea product at Wal-Mart. I should have known better than to have gone to Wal-Mart. I believe that they stay away from the area, but they are all over the rest of him. I am grateful that he is not so infested that they could carry him off. Yet, it is not just having him de-flea'd. It is a matter now of cleaning the house. Vacuuming and spraying bug spray everywhere. With the ankle as it is, and non-weight bearing still. I am just going to have to keep praying and spend time massaging conditioner into his hair and skin to combat them. My thought is that if I can get the nasty critters covers in conditioner, their lungs will be sealed and they will die. The problem with fleas is that they leave eggs everywhere and it takes weeks to break the cycle. Living here in Florida (yes fleas are everywhere) there is no break of the seasons.
As to not liking Wal-Mart, to keep their prices low. They will insist on the companies they deal with to make an inferior product than is sold elsewhere. Socks will be thinner. Pants will have shorter pockets. Colors will bleed out in the first wash. I know that Wal-Mart provides a place of low cost food and goods. Unfortunately, these low costs come at a price. Rant ended.
Vision Boards!
A dear sweet angel of a friend called me the other day to ask all sorts of question about "WTF happened to you? I saw the photos on Facebook!" Of the back and forth, one of the things discussed was her vision board. Now vision boards are not anything Hocus Pocus, even though the results may seem like it. Do you remember the slogan "Keep Your Eyes On the Prize!"?? This is putting the prize physically in front of you. It is something of getting some cardboard and sticking to it everything you would like to happen, accomplish, manifest even if you think that it is impossible. My friend the angel spoke of several things that she put up on her board. There was a conference that she wanted to go to but didn't have the money; a bonus at work; personal healing; and there were more of a personal nature.
This so inspired me as she was telling me of the things that have happened and have come into being. I have decided to create my own vision board. Right now it is on a drawing pad. I need to get out of the house or look around here to see if I have any cardboard. It is something so very simple. It becomes a part of one's daily prayers and a focus point of things to do and get accomplished. Some can be projects, others can just be that wish upon a star. One of my personal wishes is to be financially stable to be able to take trips and still work from where ever I am. Which is a part of the over of needing and wanting my own business.
Well enough for today, I hope that your day is a good one!
