Bed time!

Last night I finally slept in an actual bed! My poor husband got home from work to find me woken up in tears. I was due for pain meds, and in severe pain. He got me my meds, and got me comfortable again. It was at that time we decided to test if I could actually sleep in bed. It was nice to stretch out. Ive been in a recliner for a few weeks now. I only managed to sleep a few short hours before I woke in pain again. Eric came in (he was afraid of jostling me, so slept on the couch) and gave me more pain meds, then I was asleep again. I still woke up early and once again, you guessed it, in pain. This time I hurt so bad I thought I was going to puke. I managed to get myself up, and moved back to the recliner.

The problem with sleeping is that I cant sleep on my left side due to my brain surgery. Its left the right side of my head to where it hurts to lay on that side for long period of time. Now my lung surgery is on my right side, so I cant lay there due to the chest tube wound, and the incision on my back. They got to my lung thru my back by the way. I cant sleep on my tummy since the chest tube was on my front, and that is where they cut my nerves and muscle to get pieces of my lung. Oh the lovely choices to sleep. It really is a chore sleeping. This is why the recliner works so well.

This morning has been filled with me huddled in a chair with an ice pack. (which seems to help numb everything) Its odd that the more pain Im in the more my hand is numb. So thats fun to type with. The perk to the bed is that I got to stretch out and that was a nice change. I just find it crazy that 2 weeks later Im still dealing with pain issues. Seems insane to me. We are simply taking it a day at a time, and sometimes 4 hours at a time (pain pill to pain pill) I also enjoy my daily visits from family. They help keep my mind off of things. Its always night time/morning that its the worst. Maybe its due to me sleeping and going long periods of time without moving, Whatever it is, we are working our way through it.