Sunday, June 20, 2010

Bored bored bored

I have been in this hotel room almost for the last 48 hours. I am so bored. I have been laying on my back and side -- anything to avoid my hip hurting. The good news is that by doing this, I have been able to limit the amount of Lortab I had to take. I am sort of terrified of taking the stuff because you can get addicted if you're not careful and -- as is probably no surprise to many of you who are fellow recovering food addicts -- I am pretty prone to excess and might end up addicted if I am not careful. Also, it had begun to have limited effectiveness, so I wasn't that jazzed about taking it anyway anymore (and was not about to start taking two or three of those guys at a time).

I ventured out for food twice, but other than that have been subsisting on the continental breakfast here (thank goodness I was upgraded to a club floor!!). My eating has been terrible, and I have really been unable to move much. I brought workout clothes and intended to do weights for my arms. I tried that once and realized that was totally a joke; I left in 10 minutes because it hurt so bad.

So, I sit here and do nothing. The TV channels here suck. I have books to read, but for some reason haven't been reading. I've just been wasting time online and sleeping (depression anyone?). I have decided to go to a PT tomorrow. I know my insurance won't cover it, but it will be worth it to get something out of this conference. I am especially bummed since I had to miss the final day of my workshop; I simply could not walk that morning.

3 comments:

  1. Sorry to hear about your pain. I herniated a disk in my low back and had sciatica from it. Horribly painful. I was worried about getting addicted to the narcotic pain pills, too, being a food lover. Those are some scary things!

    PT would probably be really helpful for you!

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  2. Oh geeza louisa! I hope you feel better AND soon! I totally get what you're laying down about the sleeping and depression. Don't spiral down or well try not to, eh!

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  3. You may be bored, but you are doing the right thing. It has to be hard to be there, but it least you are making it manageable. Take care.

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