OW! I can feel that. Good list, Daisy. You speak as one with experience with pain. Good luck with the new home.
Those of us who have rural mini-emergencies all the time know how they can be so very strenuous…beyond normal. Don’t know about urban, but rural wacko events always seem to always require a lot of manual labor. From fixing fences to vetting the stupid horse who managed to get caught up in that fence. Gah.
We had severe flooding X2 this past summer and in these steeeep mts..aieee! I was out during the weather with shovel to prevent the flooding from coming into our back door. During the event…did I NOTICE the deadly lighting [up here we ARE the storm] or being soaking wet despite rainwear/boots or how much weight of soggy-granite-sand I was hefting repeatedly to rebuild a blown-out mini diversion ditch? No. But certainly I noticed it later. As usual.
I’d like to say that prevention of overusing our [aging in my case] bodies is the best idea…but we all know it doesn’t always work that way. As much as possible, we set up for the least amount of manual labor in our daily routine. Just making everything count efficiently. Then when extraordinary things occur, the usual stuff is still doable. …that’s the theory. lol
We’ve had a year and a half of non-stop family medical issues that throw efficiency and routine right out the window. Well, break out the Epsom salt baths and all the other things that Daisy mentioned above.
Be sure to have stronger than usual pain relievers. Use only as needed but pain wears you down and slows healing.
Of the non-aspirin products: Know that you can alternate taking Tylenol [Acetaminophen] with EITHER Aleve [naproxen] OR Nuprin [Ibuprofen]. But don’t combine or alternate Naproxen products with Ibuprofen products since both process thru the kidneys. Acetaminophen products process thru the liver. It’s simply to help the body not to overtax any one organ during a period of bad pain. Check with medical person for how often that alternating schedule is recommended.
As always, be cautious of aspirin due to blood-thinning qualities. Like…you don’t want to increase blood flow to a bad bruise. Probably do not take if you’re on blood thinners…but you’d know that, right?
Make sure you eat right…even if you’re so fatigued that you can’t feel hunger. Feed the body to heal. Being stocked up eliminates the need to run in to the grocery. Commercially canned soups taste awful if you home-make them usually. But unless you have them home-canned, have some commercial tins available for heavy exhaustion days.
Make sure you remember in the blur of fatigue…or shock if the incident is traumatic [H. Micheal, etc] to take your regular medications and/or herbal-nutritional supplements. Same reason as above.
A comment on sleep. I haven’t slept right since childhood. Found out I’ve always had an underlying disease that contributes to low serotonin levels…and a lot of other not-nice things. I FINALLY gave up…cuz I don’t DO chemicals unless I have little choice. Tried ALL the herbal/nutritional products with very little success. Hmph, I began to take a chemical sleep aid. I’m at one-half of low dose. Wheeeeeew! It has made a huge difference for me. If you NEED it cuz you’re too hyped up, injured, whatever from something going on…have a sleep aid handy so the choice to take it is available. One that does not knock you out so deeply that you can’t wake and function in your emergency situation.
Stimulants: If you’re not a coffee drinker [I’m not!] then you might need to find…and test…a different type of mild stimulant. Some emergencies must be endured for a time. And we must be coherent/sensible to make choices. Find one that will work for you. Pack it in your EDC [every day carry] or BOB…along with your sleep aid if that’s what it takes to function during an immediate emergency or rough time.
Of course this is not a normal pattern to follow. Be careful if you tend to LIKE assistance in hyping up and zonking out. You know what I mean. This would be temporary!
As always, this is not medical advice since I’m not a doc. Please do your own research and verify that this old brain of mine has not mixed something up. {I’m not kidding}
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