May 9th ~ Better Days

God bless the manufacturers of Ultram ER and the electric blanket! We upped my Ultram to 200mg b/c I had major break through pain when the pressure dropped. It's not 100% effective, but it's making quite a dent in the pain. My joints are sore, but I can concentrate and function. Blessed change. I couldn't sleep last night, so I got up and went down to the couch and watched the last episode of CSI: Season 4 (boy did they leave the fans hangin' on that one). I decided to sleep down there on top of the electric blanket and see if that helped at all. Oh! Relief! Of course when I got off the blanket, the relief didn't last for long, but at least the Ultram had a chance to keep on top of the pain. I went for a walk last night with K and Gracie. 1/2 mile (our loop). I think I walked too close to bedtime though. I'll have to do it earlier in the evening. I actually was into work by 7:30 this morning. I haven't done that in MONTHS!! I even took out one trash can, hauled 6 bags of clothes out front for ARC, fed and pottied the dog and was out of the house before 7am. K was checking me for fever. Hopefully I won't regret this tomorrow.