I’m being tested.
I started tapering off the narcotics again this week because it makes life hard at work and it also destroys any creative drive in art. That is a real bummer for me.
I’m choosing between fogged with pain vs. fogged with painkillers. Fogged with pain just makes you cranky (like anyone could tell the difference) and fogged with drugs just makes you a drone.
But tonight, two vicodin didn’t even touch the neck/headache. It leads me to believe that the nerves burned out several weeks ago are dying in earnest, finally. Really it is the ends of the nerves that are finally giving up.
How shall I put this? I don’t know what it is like for anyone else nor do I care, because for me – this is a damn painful thing. I’d rather compound fracture my arm again. When ice, heat, and drugs don’t fix the problem, it is reasonably awful bad. A few more days of this and it should be over.
Click to embiggenify. Or rub it.
I’ve done very little tonight. Tried two pistons and found that they interfere and went back to one. Crossed the attachment points over the center per Enas’ suggestion, and incorporated cam-levers into the front of the corset to allow it to be initially cinched prior to steam/mechanical assist.
Tomorrow I’ll start adding in text, additional illustration touches, grunge, etc. It’ll look a bit more colorful. But for now – I’m off to see if I can sleep the worst of this off.
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This here is what we call a Grade-A Prime Weirdo.
Man, I tell you – searching for corset stuff sure takes you to some weird places.
I hope you’re right about the axons finally withering away. I look forward to the addition of color and…um…texture.
Hope things improve for you soon, LK. I completely agree about the pain thing – when you have it, it doesn’t matter what it feels like to anyone else, only to you.
It is a sliding scale, too. I always have to clarify my numbering scheme by saying “A 10 is the point where I can’t take it any more *today*”. Tomorrow a “10” might be linked to a higher or lower tolerance. Last night was an 8 or so by any scale. Today, now, it is a 6. Nothing I can’t work through but it is hard to concentrate.
The doc’s PA met w/ me this morning and she has a standing order that all I have to do is call in when I want another epidural or RF treatment – skips the extra doctor visit. I told her no time soon because I’m tired of the elevated levels. But, time and discomfort will sometimes cause you to re-assess.
Why doesn’t Nicole’s avatar show up here–it does at my place?
I do not know. Yours shows up fine so … wait. Could it be a Gravatar thing?
There are more qualified people than I who could answer that question.
I do hope the deadening has begun, LK. I can imagine the pain.
The corset looks terrific, too 🙂
I think the avatar thingy depends on what kind of avatar and what you have a blog set to display. I don’t know for sure how I even got mine to display anywhere but I think LK is right – gravatar vs other kinds of avatar deals.
Yeah, WP seems to advocate Gravatar, that’s how I found it, myself.
Oh, GAG!!! That corseted weirdo looks like he could snap like a twig. I like this corset for a costume:
http://www.stylehive.com/bookmark/etsy-skittycatdesigns-steampunk-leather-underbust-corset-532418
But I looooove this ensemble:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25282555&ref=cat3_gallery_4
Now, tell me you don’t like the ruffles 😉
Ruffles? There were ruffles?
Oh wow. It’s like her entire haunch was encased in ruffles. I went back and pored over it once you gave me the clue what to look for, and BAM!! It jumped right out at me. Willyalookitthat?
I’m in Askimet hell, LK….
You have been lifted from the depths of hell. Akismet hath spat you out.