At the moment, my self-care is mostly about PT and ongoing exercises: I have new hip stuff (that is now down to three days a week rather than six, and shoulder stuff that I would like to do three days a week again now that the hips are taking less time. I managed yesterday's minimum despite spending most of the day in travel (left my house at 8:30, got to Montreal at about 6:30, and to rysmiel's apartment after a quick meal about an hour after that.
I think Thursday's cortisone shot (in the knee) counts, as does having scheduled cortisone for both hips the week after next after the orthopedist disagreed with my GP's diagnosis. Memo to self: check in with the physical therapist about the hip as planned, but don't schedule another session until I see how the cortisone affects things.
On a meta-level, a lot of it seems to be about good habits (so I don't have to think about what I will do to make this work); eating basically the same breakfast every morning saves cognitive load and ensures I will get protein in the morning. My "take your morning meds" alarm went off while I was typing this comment, and I got up in mid-sentence to take pills.
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Date: 2018-04-14 01:33 pm (UTC)I think Thursday's cortisone shot (in the knee) counts, as does having scheduled cortisone for both hips the week after next after the orthopedist disagreed with my GP's diagnosis. Memo to self: check in with the physical therapist about the hip as planned, but don't schedule another session until I see how the cortisone affects things.
On a meta-level, a lot of it seems to be about good habits (so I don't have to think about what I will do to make this work); eating basically the same breakfast every morning saves cognitive load and ensures I will get protein in the morning. My "take your morning meds" alarm went off while I was typing this comment, and I got up in mid-sentence to take pills.