barbie girl 69

so Morphine. you just gotta love the stuff. Im on as you know massive pain killers and got a team of nurses now buzzing around me, food in 3 course meals being bought by a great kitchen, flowers arriving from very generous souls, magazines, chocolate and grapes (of course) and a bed that has fab buttons up down back and forth, you name it. but non of this sadly has eased the excruciating pain levels again. despite a turret of pills which whack me out, I was still begging for more 'killers' yesterday when some of my girlfriends were visiting.  so a rather dishy young house doctor finally agreed to give me a shot of morphine by mouth to 'take the edge off'. and wahey did it do that. Kabuki told me I became a lot more animated and by the time Jan and Martyn arrived I was on planet zorg singing barbie girl and talking utter gibberish.......I cant tell you what I was gibbering about, but they seemed to think I was quite funny and probably about as bonkers as usual!

the boys found the rather fetching white paper knickers too that im supposed to wear when I finally get sent for my utrasound / scan and thats when the fun began.Jan got out a pen and stole a marker from the nurses and I was created a new line in lingerie. Needless to say the nurses were very impressed. I think having someone on the ward who isnt 105 is quite nice for them and they are liking all my lovely visitors too.

Vivienne Westwood eat your heart out!

I have no idea where barbie girl came from but apparently Im definitely good at that and I admit i even know a few of the words, so perhaps its a fitting nickname given my fuzziness at the moment. obviously its utterly 'hilarious' that im in room 69 too, Im still a little unclear why though!?

 so where am i on progress -  a bath this morning proved something of a challenge but achievable. i just had to lie flat for an hour afterwards. the physio has bought me up a tens machine which is my new favourite toy. I've two pads on my back and 2 on my left ribs and a small circuit of electricity vibrating \ pulsing through my muscles  and bones. as it says in the book that comes with this little star gadget.....the tens works by a method of pain  gating where the stimulation blocks messages to the brain telling the body it is in pain and then encourages the brain to produce painkilling endorphines. for anyone with back pain, arthritis or any number of other complaints, this is a little miracle worker and so easy to use. you can wlk around with it on.......Im so getting my own.

so laura my phsyio will be back at 3ish and maybe a few tips on how to try and keep things going despite my return to incapacitation......fingers crossed. the scales also told me a bit of a scarey story this morning but I guess thats all the chocolate im eating and the general lack of movement.........im gonna be on the dukan diet once this is healed I can tell you!!! barbie was certainly never that curvaceous or a fattie and im def in the first of those camps.......maybe not such a bad thing though! ;-)

right -  seems im being taken off for my ultrasound........lets see how many of these babies have fractured this time!