Daddy Warbucks
Sheepdog
Sep 10, 2015
Technically speaking, I’m high right now. I want to get dental implants but there was no bone in the location for the implants. So, I had to have a bone graft done in my gum line. This was two weeks ago and I am still swollen and in a considerable amount of pain. It was so bad that I took two days off work last week. I was doubling up on my hydrocodone to try and get some reprieve from the pain but relief was to elude me.
Today I went back to the dentist to assure her that I did not know any national secrets and she should stop torturing me. This time, I was prescribed oxycodone. Again, I took twice the recommended dosage and I am still in pain. Other than keeping me generally relaxed for the last week, these powerful pain medicines have not done much for me. I have not had impaired judgement or felt euphoric or felt any of the other effects reported in the popular literature.
I have been so consumed with my pain that I have not been motivated to write much. I predict that the pain and swelling will last another week.
I had a stress test scheduled with my cardiologist today and I was concerned that the pain throbbing in my mouth with every beat of my heart would complicate things. I worried that as my heart rate rose so would the level of pain. Fortunately, this was not the case. My stress test was uneventful with nothing out of the ordinary.
I am lucky to be working in a supportive environment. Everyone has been concerned about my pain and my boss told me to do whatever I needed – meaning that I could work from home or even call in sick if I wanted to. While I am glad for the compassion, I have too many things to get done do stay home.
All week I have been thinking about my exercise regime. Originally my goal was to use the treadmill for 45 minutes Monday – Friday and do strength training Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I have decided to alter that a bit. I am now doing cardio for three days and taking a day off instead of doing it for five days with two days off.
I am looking into doing yoga and strength training. I am interviewing personal trainers last week and next week. So far, I like the two people I worked out with but I have one more person to see next Friday. The guy next week will be cheaper but I am wondering if he will be better. I was sore the better part of the week after my two workouts. I need to focus on the 5K race in October that I committed to at work. I am still a little worried about my resolve with the cardio but I think getting a personal trainer to help me with strength will motivate me for the cardio.
I am trying not to do anything stupid. My history has been that I begin to exercise and then injure myself. After the injury, my program gets derailed and I lose all motivation. I am trying to keep the motivation by reminding myself that I want to be a sheepdog and not a sheep.