Posted this to fb today:
UPDATE some more: Tomorrow will be 2 weeks. I went to my personal doc last Tuesday. I had improved maybe 80% (I thought) from the day I fell. The ER had sent her all the reports so we discussed them. I went home; Crystal drove both ways. I had not had a BM in a week so laxatives were tried without success. In addition to spells and potions nothing seemed to work until the enema was tried. It worked. And worked again. That changed my attitude several hundred percent. My most recent response to questions about how I'm doing is that I feel about 96% better--or 67% if the drugs are not considered. I have on a couple of occasion forgotten a dose and felt bad for it--both physically and mentally bad. I think most of the ribs and muscles have moved back into positions relative to their normal positions of function but are waiting to heal themselves more better. I changed drugs on Sunday and feel they are a lot more friendly although they're a little too strong to allow me to drive a car (unless it's somebody else's car). There have been many and much appreciated visitors and bearers of food. I have not been able to eat it all. A bowl of Thai Yellow Curry was eaten with mucho gusto. Yesterday (or Sunday evening) I began to feel enthusiastic about cooking again. I think the enema had something to do with it. In general, I think most of the minor damage has healed or is in the final stages of healing. The more severely fractured, smashed, and broken parts are slowly mending themselves but, as all warnings have mentioned, ribs take a long time to heal. I can now take full breaths and can cough fairly normally, up to an 80% or so range. I haven't really had to have a hard cough yet--say Jalapeno, brother. Just walking produces some minor interior pain on the left rear quarter to remind me to take it easy. Otherwise, if I sit still, I'm unaware that anything ever happened. I just noticed that the pain pills I'm taking are the same ones prescribed for my 15-pound weenie dog. I'm gonna recommend she doesn't drive either.
