Catch-up

I'm writing about pain a lot because (a) I'm in it and (b) this is a blog about pain, after all.  Today's pain topic is about catch up.  Right now I am in a world of pain.  Six hours ago I was not.  This is is because six hours ago I had taken pain killers a few hours earlier and they were in effect and all was well.  Now I've slept them off (after staying up late catching up on episodes of Parks and Recreation).

And now I need to eat something that is approved by my stomach (AKA I won't puke up because these medicines are harsh).  Then I will take the pill.  Then I will lie here for about 45 minutes and wait, unable to sleep again until it kicks in again.

So there is this whole window of time where there is severe pain on the pain scale because you are playing catch-up.  And sometimes, the regular medication regime doesn't do it.  And I don't even want to go into that.  That is why I have a doc appt today...