Hi, juliana! How is your toddler? Mine is currently throwing a tantrum for no reason.

I was certainly on muscle relaxants and heavy pain pills after my surgery.

Yeah, that's a common combination. I hope the Vicodin helps! (Sometimes I suspect that Flexiril is just a placebo. But then other times I can tell it's working. Weird.)

Apparently she was hangry. Two bowls of oatmeal at 10 after sleeping late, yogurt, and a glass of milk as well as Cheerios for a snack. I didn't think it was possible for her to be hangry by noon, but she is eating her pasta and beans like she hasn't been fed in months.

(Sometimes I suspect that Flexiril is just a placebo. But then other times I can tell it's working. Weird.)

Flexeril was like magic the first time I used it. Then it stopped working after only half a dozen times spaced out over months. Now I have tizandine, which is the generic of something or other. Hasn't pooped out yet.

Flexeril is very effective at putting me to sleep.

I don't remember the actual name of the muscle relaxer I have - cyco-something I think. The bottle is in the other room and I'm NOT moving to go find it.

The Vicodin is dulling the pain and so far my brain isn't suffering.

Once work is done, I'm kinda at a loss on what to do about this. I think Kelly is still planning on coming over this afternoon to try her PT skills. Even if I go to the doc, I'm not sure what she can do other than prescribe more/different drugs. I'm pretty sure if my hip was out of joint, I wouldn't be able to move at all.

I don't remember the actual name of the muscle relaxer I have - cyco-something I think.

Cyclobenzaprine? Generic for Flexiril.

And, I'm totally with you on the heating pad caution. I have fallen asleep on one, entirely too many times. Can't somebody make one with a timer?

They do; matter of fact, I thought that was the default. I know when I wanted one without a timer, I had to search, and pay through the nose for it.

Wow, growth spurt coming, huh, sj?

Have nothing helpful to add to the pain talk, except to send hopeful vibes that you all get relief soon. And now I want to add my whine that my chiro just moved his office to someplace that I can pretty much not get to during his office hours (without taking time off work), which is a huge bummer because it took a long time to find one I really like.

edited because I didn't proof before hitting "post", apparently.

Cyclobenzaprine? Generic for Flexiril.

That is it. And I like my Vicodin very much. The fact that I can still brain is kinda amazing. Usually it puts me to sleep.

Self-improvement is scary. I bought a set of bicyle-ish pedals that I can use when sitting in a chair. The box arrived last week, I just opened it last night. I scolded myself for taking so long to open it, then countered myself with "I could have left them in the box, this is progress, back off, brain." Now that they're out and I can see them, my "Oooh, new toy" self will want to play with them.

Also, I just did a bunch of research on Imposter Syndrome, and I had a moment of "Hello, thing hiding behind the anxiety, you do have a name." When you have a thing's name you have power over it. Just as well I'm going on vacation next week, I'll have time for staring at the inside of my brain and corralling the skittering creatures into a manageable place.