my first night

last night was the first nite i slept with my splint (arm plastic cast) on. both arms. it was meant to help manage my nerve impingement at my elbow. to put them on, i had to seek bee bee's help cos it was rather impossible to strap on the other arm once i had one arm strapped on. and so, with some difficulty and a lot of laughter, i had both strapped onto my arms. and as i laid down on my bed, i began to understand the problems i will face. it came one after another.

firstly, with both arms immobilized, i could not cover myself with my blanket well. you see, i am a fussy sleeper. i sleep with my blanket neatly tugged over my shoulder and under my chin. and to do so, bee bee had to help me pulled the blanket up. then when i got sufficiently comfortable, i started yawning. needless to say, with the yawn came the tears... alamak! i couldn't wipe my tears as it flowed down my nose. it was so uncomfortable. it was so ticklish. and bee bee came to my rescue. he wiped my tears away. and then, i yawned again. and i teared again... haiz... i am a left-hand side sleeper - that is - i sleep best on my left side. but after a while, ever so frequently, i needed to turn to my right. and i found myself having to lift up my seemingly long and unbendable arms and swung them over me! that would have been no issue if i had the bed to myself. but as bee bee was beside me, my arm swinging act resulted in them resting onto his chest. and i ended up lying in an awkward position. a position that was neither left, neither right, neither supine and neither prone. it was a 270 degree position if you can visualize the physical position i was in. and i was then forced to turn back to my left side... these movements ended with my blanket getting undone and my shoulder exposed. hmmmm... seemingly simple things in life but taken for granted.

tsk tsk tsk... and so with lotsa difficulties (but lotsa laughters too), i eventually fell asleep. but less than 2hrs later, i woke up again. now, i found my hands numbed... such troubles! in the end, i took off the splint and decided to sleep without them.

well, 2hrs for the first night. that should be a good enough duration. will see how i can slowly adapt to it...

:-)