March 23 Wednesday
It's so great waking up in my own bed this morning after a peaceful quiet night. I don't think I made it 5 minutes after my head hit my soft down pillows that I missed so badly.
I'm almost afraid to move very much, for fear of dislocating again. I think I've got it right this time. It's still a mystery as to how I ended up dislocation in the first place, if getting in the car and something moved wrong, or if it slowly began to loosen up when I was lying in bed those days and nights last week writhing and turning in the bed trying every position to get relief. That is neither here nor there at this point, however. It happened, and now that it did, I'm vulnerable for awhile, of it happening again. I know that is the reason for my brace/aka/armour, but I don't want to take any chances of it happening again. All I am doing today is bed exercises, walk in the walker, and Blog. No more. I'm terrified of it happening again.
It was a surprise to me that the pain turned out to come from my back that whole time last week. My lower back is a bit stiff below the injection site, but, with the heating pad, combined with muscle relaxers and pain pills, I am more comfortable than I've been in a long time, months and months of time. For this I am both thankful and a little apprehensive. I hope the injections work for a long while, and that back surgery, in addition to my other hip, is not in my near future. I need a break from this mess for awhile! So far, so good. I'm enjoying my small pain.
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More soon come....