Meanwhile, Back at the Bed

[billroper]

I talked to Dr. Bob last night and he thinks that the likely source of the fever is that I'm sitting around a lot, which is quite possible. He told me to spend more time using the thingie that you inhale through to make sure that I'm not messing up my lungs. So I'm doing that. (He said, as he took a deep breath.)

The leg is less sore today than yesterday, which is good. I spent a bit over three hours so far today in the CPM machine, but it looks like the cable for the remote control has a fault, as the machine reverses direction when I shift the remote around. Not good. So I'm talking to the guy who brought it in to figure out what to do next.

I'm suspecting that part of the problem with the fever may be sodium overload combined with the Lasix I'm taking, so I'm trying to make sure that the sodium levels stay down. This means daisy_knotwise needs to find some different soups for me.

Other than that, I spent many hours working on work-related stuff today. And I find, once again, that I'm tired. *sigh*

Comments

[msminlr.livejournal.com]

Progreso makes several low-sodium ones.

[billroper]

Yup. Today I had the low sodium chicken noodle, since we already had it on hand.

[catalana.livejournal.com]

Eek! Messing up your lungs? This is clearly much more complicated than I had any idea of. *gentle hug* I'm sending good thoughts in your direction...

[billroper]

Thanks! It's actually simply a problem that if you're mostly lying immobile in bed, you're prone to pneumonia. Of course, I don't want that. So I'm trying to remember to take deep breaths through the spirometer periodically to help make sure the lungs stay clear. And I can still peg the meter without a problem, which means so far, so good. :)

[catalana.livejournal.com]

Ah, that kind of lung problem. Yeah, that's no fun. (I have told you my father's pneumonia story, right?) Good luck with it! (Is the meter one of those breath thingies where they see how hard you can blow? My recommendation is not to do that when you're having chest problems because it hurts like hell. On the other hand, sitting in the student health center clutching your chest is an excellent way to get prompt service.)

[qnofhrt.livejournal.com]

That pesky anesthesia has a lot to answer for. Breathe deep, try to avoid the gathering gloom.

[madfilkentist]

A guru once said: "Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in, breathe out. Forget this, and enlightenment will be the least of your problems."