Adventures in Prednisone

Or just the way-too-much-energy-to-sleep-and-so-therefore-inspired-to-type post....

Or something like that.

So tomorrow I get a cortisone shot in my left L5.  Thank god.  Since July I've had off and on back pain to a pretty severe level with absolutely severe pain since the 31st.  No fun at all.  Generally I prefer the do nothing and let it heal on its own strategy, but I've had enough.  Since about Aug 2 I've been on Percoset, Prednisone and a muscle relaxant.  All kinds of chemical fun.  The Percoset makes me drowsy and bound (no further details, I promise) and the Prednisone makes me numb and hungry yet still in pain deep in my bones.  I feel like someone needs to wring me out.  Oh, and then feed me.

But, once the pain died down a bit I was tremendously energized this past weekend.  I vacuumed screens, washed and fixed stuck windows, baked banana bread, did dishes, paid bills, organized my cookbook, read a book and didn't sleep.  I did lie in bed for several hours each evening flopping like a fish and hoping to sleep.  I had all kinds of bizarre memories to entertain me.

Like my former stalker... For some reason I recalled last night when he got pissed and burned down the Sea Girt Inn in Lakeville.  It was a great little bar right on my favorite lake.  I miss that place.  I should look the guy up and kick him for no other reason than I'm feeling slightly invincible and terribly irritated.  Well, I fell less like wanting to do that now, but I felt very much like I wanted to do that at 4am this morning.

Ah well... to eat everything in sight for dinner.