He said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”

Pain Clinic…. Day Five….  Ho Hum.

Hump day today… half way through the program.
Feels like everyone has tanked.
Tracey Shoulders is flatly refusing to participate and wants to go home.
Alan Everything has ‘done sumpfink’ to his neck so only half in.
Brent Neck fell over in gym so skives off for half the days work.
Anal Retentive Robyn couldn’t be bothered baking and brings lolly snakes instead.
Absent Peter is even more absent than usual.
Even Uncle Frank seems lacklustre with his dirty jokes today.

And Me?  Well I’ve just had it too – have cut the pain meds down to nearly nothing and am gritting my teeth atm to see if I can stay off them.  Strangest thing though is that I can take the medication and still be in pain or I can go without like today and still be in pain anyway (albeit worse but ever present).  So what is the point of taking all the analgesics if they dont seem to be doing much anyway.

No more flashy bums today,
One horror ride in the Rehab bus to the hydro pool
Borys freaks out in the traffic again  only this time has an audience 🙁
Half our happy group skives out of hydrotherapy.
So the water teemed with only half the living creatures.
The other half pike on going for a walk.
And all of us have just about had enough psycho-babble and occupational therapy to last for a while.

Hope the mood lifts by Friday.   :S  Cos being in pain around painful people aint my idea of a good time
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Pain Clinic….. Day Four…..

Arrive groggy thanks to o’night drugs  🙁
Arrive late thanks to morning traffic   🙁
Participate in discussion on psychology and physiological affects of stress.
Go to gym to develop strengthening and stabilizing program. 
Discovered neck spasms out of control when lifting weight greater than 3kgs  😐
Additionally discover can do squats until the cows come home… who knew?
Proceed to hydrotherapy pool at Montrose….
Via mini-bus with ‘Rehabilitation Program’ written on side… nice  😐
Hydrotherapy uneventful, exercises difficult but relaxing
Realize I need new togs cos boobs spilling out of current bathers.
My fleur-de-lys tattoo noticed – not ONE person in group knew what a fleur-de-lys is…
Get hair wet for five minutes of floating at end of hydro exercises…. grrrr.
Tracey Shoulders, wolf whistles out of spastic bus at men on worksite?!?!

Lunch break… hospital food and conversation with other pain(ful) people…

Lesson on Chronic Pain Cycle but  no concrete solutions to break said cycle.
Ask ten questions for every one posed by rest of group.
Discussions ensue that leave most of group behind.
Feel disheartened and depressed at  possible 50yrs pain to look forward to.
Physiotherapist video tapes every one walking.
Recording our gaits for later comparisons.
Tracey Shoulders flashes nekkid arse at camera for reasons unknown ?!?!
Do floor exercises unhappily situated in close proximity to flatulent Brent Neck.
Have headache and awful neck tension from wet hair in air con all day   🙁
Mess up plans and have both Yale and Mr K en route to collect me   :S
Feel stoopid as I am totally unable to recall making said arrangements this morning.

Collect Angel.  Come home. 
Gold thread arrived in mail for embroidery project.. yay 🙂
Collapse in heap from massive headache.
Heat pack, tea and Dexter for rest of evening.

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