Swelling is noticably down in my foot.  It’s kind of sloshing around in the temp cast.  Which I guess is good- the reduced swelling, not the sloshing.  Also gives me more room to move my foot around, which hurts like hell but feels like it gets the blood going again.

I still keep thinking I can cut back on the pain killers.  Then the 3 hr mark come around and my leg aches and skin hurts and I feel like I’m going to fall over if I don’t elevate my leg right this minute.  

Yesterday morning I was explaining to Bob how I didn’t really understand why oxy is so abused as a recreational drug.  I mean, yes, it took the edge off the pain, but it’s not like it makes me feel high, or see pretty colors, or want to float way.  He nodded at me Like, sure Robin.  He waited until we were chatting after dinner to point out that when you take it because you’re leg is broken and sliced open, it does what it’s supposed to do: mask the serious fucking pain.  Imagine if I wasn’t in pain and the drug had nothing else to work on.  Then this morning I had a cup of coffee just after taking one; man was I buzzy.