Back on the good track

On Friday, the doc said Mary could drop the Roxicodone and go to either Tylenol or Advil, generic in both cases, but who can spell them? And, moderate dose of course.

So we dropped the Roxi, and Mary went into distress. Nausea, regurgitating, mentally not sharp, emotionally on the edge, etc. Reenie and I did some web surfing and found an FDA site with a 17 page write up on the use of Roxi. The bottom line is that you should not quit cold turkey. Rather, the dose should be reduced a bit day by day. If you do quit cold turkey, you get nausea, regurgitating, mental impairment...

On Sunday, we followed the instructions from the FDA info sheet and this morning, Mary is clearly back where she was. We are stepping down the daily dose and she should be free of this thing in 5 days or so. For those who are wondering, she is not addicted--she cannot stand the stuff. Rather, given the sensitive nature of her body chemistry, we need to gradually step down the dosage in her blood stream.

Her incision is looking better. Not fully scabbed over, but almost there. The doc said she only needed bandages if she was protecting her clothes so we have her wearing old scuzzy stuff so the skin and incision can dry successfully without bandages.

MaryR dropped in yesterday evening for a short visit. Mary was on the mend but not as sharp as this morning. Today, she grabbed the crossword and worked it through just like a normal activity! That is the plan. She also ate everything Reenie fixed for breakfast. Still small quantities and a bit of everything.

We are gonna miss Reenie! We have her on a plane to DaLoot on Wednesday about noontime. Heck, she was even getting goodbye hugs from the vendors at Farmers' Market on Sunday. So there are more folks than Mary and I that will miss her!