August Happiness Challenge - Day 8

Today my heating pad made me happy. Y'all know the trouble and pain I've been having with my leg. Last night I took the elderly blind man I take care of to his Lion's Club dinner meeting. By the time the meeting was over it was all I could do to stand up from my chair and walk out of the country club. The pain was excruciating.

I called off work today in the hope that rest would help. I even skipped the ibuprofen and took the meloxicam. It really wasn't getting any better. Then I thought I'd try my heating pad. I don't know why....everyone has always advised me to ice my leg.

Heat is my new best friend! I kept the heat on for a couple of hours and my leg felt a lot better. Not healed or anything miraculous like that, but better. Better enough that at 4:00 I was able to head to my client's home and prep his meals for the weekend (fortunately I had done the shopping yesterday before going to dinner). 

I hope this new discovery will help me manage until next month. My PCP referred me to an orthopedic doctor and the first available appointment was September 8.

I wonder what work would say if I bring my heating pad with me?