2/27/24

 Tuesday, February 27, 2024

In bed at 9:30, had a hard time getting to sleep, was awake at ?, and up at 3:35  with very bad hand pain.  Let Lilly out.  52°, high of 73° !?!?, sprinkles, showers, rain, wind SW   Sunrise at 6:31, sunset at 5:37, 11+06

   

Treadmill; pain.   My right hand is very painful on awakening, hard to open the door to let Lilly out, intense, sharp pain on lifting the lid to her treat bowl.  Painful to type.  The hand pain improved during the day as usual.  I'm looking forward to seeing the hand specialist in the PT clinic on the 16th.  Dr. Cheng reminded me again that these pains attributable to age and organ degeneration never get better.  The best we can hope for is to keep it from getting worse.  I mentioned to him that I've become aware of how worsening pain in my joints could render me incapable of caring for myself and suitable for a nursing home.  Scary thoughts.  

I'm grateful for painkillers and wish there were more of them and that they were even more effective, but disappointed that today's injection hasn't provided more relief so far.  Mickey the Mope, pity party.     

We watched more of the testimony on the motion to disqualify Fani Willis from the Trump RICO prosecution in Atlanta.  I also napped quite a bit because of a lack of enough sleep last night

Visit the PM&R Clinic for an injection of cortisone & lidocaine in my left shoulder.  The lidocaine component provided some early relief but the shoulder is still stiff and sore.  The cortisone is supposed to 'kick in' in a couple of days.

Record Heat today, hard to believe.  Tonight, snow.