First Night n Day at Home

Now it s Vivi s turn to take charge.

Meds in the morning and meds at night. Still on mls of oxycontane twice a day. Need to work out when to cut back. Is that what lies between pain and no pain? I dont know.

But they do give vivid dreams. All sorts of things like having to take care of Skiddles, Karens old dog. And trying to clean an impossibly filthy and cluttered appartment in New York. Weird. But in the physical world my heel was giving me grief. Is this from friction from being in bed for too long? I debated with myself about taking an Endone, but thought I should put pawpaw ointment on instead, except I cant reach that easily.

I cant reach thing on the floor. So Eileen plugged in the heater for me last night, and my mobile charger. I couldnt do that with my pick-up-stick. Thankyou Eileen.

Then with only one pickupstick now, if my walking stick falls down I need it to pick it up. I also have Lizzy Mulrennans husbands stick, so this is a good backup stick. But I need to manage the risk of falling sticks much better. I dropped my mobile phone on the floor and then it rang. So I used the pickupstick, slipping at first, but finally getting it and taking Nadyats call.

That was all in the middle of a power blackout. As I invited my neighbour in to take candles and matches from under Mishkas new heightened food box, so I soon learned the blackout effected 60, 000 homes.

Today I had visits from Esther and Maria from school. Esther brought stuffed tomatoes, stuffed capsicums and Greek sweets, and Maria chicken soup and mushroom omlette. Yum!!! And oh so kind and lovely.

At around 4.30pm just before the blackout Coles came with a delivery and took the food right up to the kitchen bench. How simple is that!!! 10mins to order, then the next day - voila!!! Altho id miss the little specialist shops in Campsie, that are oh so cheap - I cant help feel that would save me time, petrol, parking each weekend during my working life. But I would sell my soul to Coles or Woolies and not support the little businesses. Ill play it by ear but its good for the time being.

I did 2 x 10minute walks today along the river, a couple of sloppy rounds of circuit on the back of an ill heighted chair and 2 sets of 10 bridges while lying on the bed.

Im booked into the Rehab Day Program and will start tomorrow morning. Liz will pick me up at 9.30. We'll take coffee before she drops me off. Rika will pick me up. I will be the subject of her OT assignment next week - how a disabled person copes with a new environment.