The doctor told me that I don’t need a sling anymore, [the elbow is still broke-joke, but a sling would hinder more than help healing] and gave me a better boot to wear while my toe heals. What I haven’t figured out is how the hydrocodone and prescription-strength ibuprofen is affecting me. I try to go at least 8 conscious-hours per day without taking any meds so my body doesn’t get too used to them, and they don’t hurt my liver too much, but I get these pounding headaches not long after discontinuation. I don’t know if this is because of how close my upper wisdom teeth were to my sinuses, or whether my head hurts because my body is detoxing from the meds. It could also be because I’ve not been eating too much lately, doubly hard to do so when it hurts to chew and I have to eat with the wrong arm.
This is why I don’t like other people around when I’m sick. I’m grouchy about piddling stuff.