Day 5 of the broken heel...
I finally got more than two hours of sleep last night, about four and a half. Not exactly a full nights sleep but it did me good. My brain was slowing down at a very efficient rate. I couldn't make simple connections, couldn't pinpoint things that were right in front of my eyes and I started seeing things. Every now and then, out of the corner of my eye I would see something moving or something, it got pretty weird. There was one point when I was watching TV and to my left, on the chair, was a pile of blankets. As I was watching TV, my peripheral vision interpreted those blankets to be a person sitting in the chair (I was by myself.) Funny thing is I didn't think anything of someone sitting in that chair for a few minutes. I finally realized that no one should be sitting there and turned to look only to see the blankets. Crazy.
Anyway, now I'm well rested. I got new meds prescribed too, as I may have mentioned. They work a whole lot better. Only thing is these ones are habit forming so I have to be cautious that I obey the prescription instructions to the "t".
I went to the bathroom about half an hour ago and someone had clogged the toilet (the water level was abnormal and there was a little clot of tissue visible in the bottom.) I couldn't hold it and no one else is home right now so I went and then out of force of habit I flushed. I immediately realized my error and had to drop one crutch and yank the lid of the tank and prop in under my arm. I needed the other hand to grab the little lever thing that stops water flow so I had to drop the other crutch. Now I'm balancing on one foot holding the tank lid (which is kinda heavy) under one arm and holding up the lever thing in the other hand. The water level never went back to normal and I can't get to the plunger with my foot the way it is. So now I have a dirty, too-full toilet that I can't use until someone gets home. Not a good start to my day.
Hopefully the rest of the day goes smoothly. If anything cool happens I'll be sure to write about it.
I finally got more than two hours of sleep last night, about four and a half. Not exactly a full nights sleep but it did me good. My brain was slowing down at a very efficient rate. I couldn't make simple connections, couldn't pinpoint things that were right in front of my eyes and I started seeing things. Every now and then, out of the corner of my eye I would see something moving or something, it got pretty weird. There was one point when I was watching TV and to my left, on the chair, was a pile of blankets. As I was watching TV, my peripheral vision interpreted those blankets to be a person sitting in the chair (I was by myself.) Funny thing is I didn't think anything of someone sitting in that chair for a few minutes. I finally realized that no one should be sitting there and turned to look only to see the blankets. Crazy.
Anyway, now I'm well rested. I got new meds prescribed too, as I may have mentioned. They work a whole lot better. Only thing is these ones are habit forming so I have to be cautious that I obey the prescription instructions to the "t".
I went to the bathroom about half an hour ago and someone had clogged the toilet (the water level was abnormal and there was a little clot of tissue visible in the bottom.) I couldn't hold it and no one else is home right now so I went and then out of force of habit I flushed. I immediately realized my error and had to drop one crutch and yank the lid of the tank and prop in under my arm. I needed the other hand to grab the little lever thing that stops water flow so I had to drop the other crutch. Now I'm balancing on one foot holding the tank lid (which is kinda heavy) under one arm and holding up the lever thing in the other hand. The water level never went back to normal and I can't get to the plunger with my foot the way it is. So now I have a dirty, too-full toilet that I can't use until someone gets home. Not a good start to my day.
Hopefully the rest of the day goes smoothly. If anything cool happens I'll be sure to write about it.
posted by Rephiscohrt at 9:03 AM
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