What a bad night. I tossed and turned til around 2. Everything hurts, and my phantom leg had the jerks. It would jerk and spasm. I could put my hand on the stump and it was still, but my brain felt the jerking around. There was a pain like a twisted ankle also in the phantom leg. It hurt, but taking a pain pill for a hurt that doesn't really exist seems silly. The purpose of pain is to make it clear to your brain that the area is damaged.
There are only a few possible sleep positions to ease my back, and allow the stump to not get abused. I soon get tired of those positions, but what then? Abuse the stump, or hurt the back. So I usually end up doing both.
Poor Maddie. I am putting a big strain on her.
To try to sleep better I took a good shower. Getting out I slipped just a little. I was holding a grab bar, so I caught myself. But in the process I banged my big toe on the side of the shower. (Don't even ask which big toe.) It got cut and started to bleed. We searched, but could not find where the sharp place was. It really hurt. The toe also took a whack, not just a cut. Today, that foot will not see a sock or shoe. The toe is sore to the touch, but it seems to work OK.
The other day I talked about old, sick, men and their constant health talks. Now I am listening to myself talking about my old, sick toe. Sometimes I hate who I have become.
Now I want to talk about peeing. For boys, peeing while standing up is OK, but not if you use the crutches I use. American style crutches allow peeing much easier. If the raised toilet seat is left on the toilet, then it is not so easy. So we take the raised toilet seat off, unless I need to do number 2, then I put it on.
My latest solution to the pee problem is the pee bottle.
With a few of these scattered around the house, I could pee almost anywhere. The most important one is the bottle standing on the back of the toilet.
I now stand at the toilet, lean against the wall, grab the bottle, pop the lid, throw my junk down the hole, and pee into the bottle. Then pour the bottle into the toilet. No dribbling, no mess, no balance problems.
I am No.1 in my Fantasy Football league. Yea! KgwediSuperDog !!!
18:00-
Maddie just went for a walk . I am SSOOO jealous. She went to buy Fish and chips. Yummy.
Maddie took the rental car back today. Now it is only the beetle till we buy a car.
My buddy came by today, and hooked up my main computer, I am back with a big keyboard and screen.
I just joined a European forum for amputees.
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