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Today was not the best of days. I was unable to keep my pain below a 6 most of the day. Granted, a 6 is better than a 9, but for some reason, my body doesn’t keep in mind that it could be worse, it just decides it hurts and complains. How does that work? 
 
I have a hard time with the number/pain scale because of the kidney stones and such. So I just go by the following: 
1-2 no big. Wouldn’t make a Dr’s appointment to get it checked if I didn’t know what it was. 
3-4 bugs me a little but I can distract myself away from it and function. 
5 Distracting and a little worrisome. Can I do/take something to make it better? 
6-7 Beginning to scatter my brain a little. I definitely don’t function as well. 
8 Please make it stop 
9 Non function. Making little whimper noises makes it feel better. 
10 shoot me in the head 
 
I am currently taking 3mL Oxycodone every 2 hours. 1 Extra strength non-asprin acetaminophen (500 mg), 2 regular strength asprin (750 mg) and 400 mg Children’s Liquid Motrin every 4 hours.  
 
I am 2 hours into my last motrin, non-asprin and asprin doses and 1 hour into my last Oxycodone and I just took one more 500mg of non-asprin 30 minutes ago because I just couldn’t get below a 6. I would say I am not at a 5 and there’s a possibility that I may be able to catch a wink in 1 hour after my next Oxy dose. 
 
Since I cannot talk on the phone, it has a new job. It is 5 alarm clocks. Today I did get a call on my phone though and since I thought it was an alarm, I opened the phone and tried to disable the alarm. It was pretty funny because I was looking at the phone for a second thinking “That’s weird, it usually says RedStuff, why would it have a 415 #?” Oops! And I had already picked up the call, so I had to try to communicate to the unknowing caller that I cannot move my jaw. Turns out it was one of my clients needing ergo assistance, so we moved our conversation to email so I could tell her I won’t be ergo-ing anyone for a while. That kind of sucked, since I absolutely love what I do…but I cannot imagine anyone wants to deal with my ergo-pantomime and get charged hourly for it. 
 
S: (Look at Client and shake head sadly) 
C: Am I doing something wrong? 
S: (Nod head emphatically) 
C: What? 
S: (Big arm motions) 
C: You want a hug? 
 
My cat snores. I hope she doesn’t have sleep apnea. She _is_ a Himalayan, so she has a squish face and not as much of a law as Mommy cat. She’s not getting this surgery. I may be done paying mine off by the time I’m 40. 
 
Pain at about a 4. This is great. In 50 minutes I will take 3mL Oxy, play some Sudoku, and hopefully catch some zzz’s. Court says the dark circles under my eyes were better today. That’s nice to hear. Maybe I won’t have to spend so much money on concealer. Bummer for the cosmetics companies…bonus for my wallet! 
 
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