It was so cold in the house last night, and I wasn't feeling well to begin with, but I didn't take a shower like I normally would have to help my body be able to rest.
It would have taken the hot water tank far too long to heat up the water.
I really wish we had a tankless water heater in this duplex.
It wouldn't have taken long to heat the water up, and I really could have used a long hot shower.
My joints were suffering something fierce last night, the pain meds weren't helping me at all either.
I just laid there tossing and turning, my hips, knees, and ankles were swollen and inflamed from the cold, and if I had been able to take a long hot shower, it would have reduced the inflammation so I could sleep.
I can't take any Advil or NSAIDS because they interfere with bone growth, and my fusion needs to be solid, so all I can take are the pain meds.
I even tried to use the heating pad, but it's not big enough to cover each joint at the same time.
So I grabbed the space heater and plugged it in in my room, and tried to heat up my room enough to help my body stop suffering so badly.
It helped a little bit, I managed to get about 10 minutes of sleep every hour, so I'm hoping that tonight I'll be able to sleep better.
I found a bunch of blankets, and they are in the washer now, so I'm just going to layer them on my bed and hope that all of the layers will help keep my body warm and not cause my joints to get inflamed.
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It would have taken the hot water tank far too long to heat up the water.
I really wish we had a tankless water heater in this duplex.
It wouldn't have taken long to heat the water up, and I really could have used a long hot shower.
My joints were suffering something fierce last night, the pain meds weren't helping me at all either.
I just laid there tossing and turning, my hips, knees, and ankles were swollen and inflamed from the cold, and if I had been able to take a long hot shower, it would have reduced the inflammation so I could sleep.
I can't take any Advil or NSAIDS because they interfere with bone growth, and my fusion needs to be solid, so all I can take are the pain meds.
I even tried to use the heating pad, but it's not big enough to cover each joint at the same time.
So I grabbed the space heater and plugged it in in my room, and tried to heat up my room enough to help my body stop suffering so badly.
It helped a little bit, I managed to get about 10 minutes of sleep every hour, so I'm hoping that tonight I'll be able to sleep better.
I found a bunch of blankets, and they are in the washer now, so I'm just going to layer them on my bed and hope that all of the layers will help keep my body warm and not cause my joints to get inflamed.
