Babying it all day, pillows, Aleve, the s-i belt, the knee-band, ice, and heat—and I am mostly out of pain this morning. It doesn’t say this is going to hold up through a convention day, but it’s way better than yesterday. I think we’ve got it without having to go back to Dr. Shane…and if I just don’t insult it today and take reasonable precautions…I think we’re in good shape. The shoulder is still ouchy, and shoots fire if I move it too far in some directions, but hey, I have to do that to preserve range-of-motion. It’s taped, howsomever.
Doesn’t this sound like a wreck report? I’m really in pretty good shape–except the old injuries that come back to haunt me when I do something stupid like fall down a 3 foot berm.
We had a breakthrough moment—Ysabel, who has not passed Seishi without brandishing a paw and swatting him if he’s close enough, gave him a tail-sniff this morning. That’s not saying Her Furry Grace won’t hit him next time round, but she’s processing the fact that he’s here and belongs here. I so wish she’d calm down and be snuggles with him.
Glad to hear you’re feeling better, and Ysabel is becoming resigned to Seishi. I thought she was happy to have him as a buffer between her and the Demon Kitten, and Sei was wise enough to leave her her personal space in peace, so she tolerated him – but that’s not the same as accepting him, really, so it’s good to hear.
I just had a silly idea, reading these last two posts, considering a) you’re going to a Con, b) people at Cons sometimes wear costumes, and c) warmth is the only thing that helps my back when it hurts, and it might help yours: you could keep a hot-water-bottle tied on, call it a bustle, and go in costume as a historical lady pirate…
I’ve been known to carry my hot-water-bottle slung on my back in a big shawl ’round the office as well as at home, but my colleagues are used to my sometimes more-practical-than-conventional ways. Among strangers it could look a bit strange… but if it’s part of the general confusion and strangeness of costumes it might pass unnoticed. And a hot-water-bottle is easy to fill with fresh hot water during the day in most offices and hotels, with no need for costly throwaway heatpads.
Happy news that you are feeling somewhat better. 😀 In some ways this is the hardest part, remembering to take it easy, yet exercising a little to maintain mobility without overdoing. You sure hit the nail on the head. With we women of ‘a certain age’ it’s the old injuries that get us!
It takes some kittehs a loooooong time to warm to their housemates. Aloysius and Kiki have been here for a year and a half to two years and Friendly has just begun to live up to her name in the last few months. Aloysius and Kiki on the other hand were buddies within two days of his arrival. Friendly’s look when we brought Aloysius home from neutering, “WHAT?! You brought him back?
Hope you have fun and enjoy the con. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Take it easy on yourself!
Have been dealing with a 5-year-old female and two 4-month-olds. She does a good imitation of a hissing cobra on a daily basis, but she’s clearly fascinated and follows them around.
good to hear. back pain- bites. for CNS you might try redbush/rooibos tea. tastey and soothing to CNS/ nerve endings/pain/ouchies.
sombra is a very helpful lineament- can get from most chiro’s. good for minor aches and pains- muscles and joints associated w/ arthritis, backaches, strains, bruises and sprains. is all natural w/ no petrolium base- as someone recently noted. if you wouldn’t put it in your mouth- don’t put it on your skin:)
Well, if she can actually be snuggles with Demon Kitteh, I’m sure Seishi, sensitive and with finely-tuned sense of dynamics from being around large number of other felines, will be a welcome treat — once she gets around to letting him. He’s not going to push the issue, whereas DK may have initially gotten away with it because she was just too tired for one more swat, then decided it wasn’t so bad…
…and glad to hear improvements on the back front…
okay, that sounded weird, even to my ears