Day 1: 7/30

Today was a good day as far as pain goes. I learned my lesson from yesterday and never quite let my painkiller level to run down. As soon as I started to feel any pain and it had been more than 3 1/2 hours since my last vicodin, I took another. I was able to manage my pain for most of the day and even fell asleep several times. It seemed like every time I laid on the couch I was soon asleep. This is a stark contrast from Thursday, when I lay wide awake for most of the day, despite my best efforts to take a nap. Several people called to check on me during the day, which was nice. However, I feel like my conversations were pretty disjointed due to the pain medicine. So, if I talked to you on Thursday and I didn't make any sense, I'm sorry.