Monday, January 20, 2014

Pain ... It's a Pain

Approx. 7 pm on Sunday evening, I started noticing some knee joint pain in both knees. About the same level of pain as when my arthritis is bothering me. However, by the time I crawled into bed at 10:30 pm, the pain was so much more intense!!! After praying & singing for what felt like hours, I must have fallen asleep. But at 2:30 am "ish", the searing pain woke me up. By 4 am the pain was starting to subside. I must have fallen back to sleep because the next time I checked the clock it read 6:30 am. Thank you Jesus!!!

Of course, getting up and out of bed and walking across the bedroom floor was quite an exercise in patience. I felt like I was in one of those slow motion movie scenes. I would have taken some OTC pain relievers, but I didn't want to mess with Mr. Chemo. I also know that I must get myself going because I need to go get my injection. After breakfast, JP Transportation took me back to MD Anderson @ Cooper for my injection. The injection was no problem. I asked the nurse about my knee problems and asked what I could take for the pain. She advised that I could take whatever I usually take. Thank you Jesus!!!

After lunch, I took some pain relievers and crawled back into bed. I slept and read most of the afternoon. I still have some residual pain, but now I'm praying that with another dose of pain relievers, I can get a good night of sleep.

For those that prayed all day for me … thanks!!!! Please keep praying!!!!!


Only by His Strength,
Sandy

3 comments:

  1. Those body pains are a bummer but that's great you can take your normal pain reliever for it. I know I downed an embarrassingly huge amount of ibuprofen for many months. I never could figure out why my leg calves would hurt, mostly during the 48 hrs after an infusion. I know, Mr Chemo just is not a gentleman at all!

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