Health Organization for Pudendal Education

I feel absolutely on top of the world but still in agony. I managed to drive this weekend; two and a half hours with quite a lot of stops to go to an event I'd been longing to attend and had been so upset that I thought I was going to miss it. I did have to cancel my Birthday weekend away the week before but thanks to two lengths of memory foam under my legs I managed to sit in my wheelchair and my car. We stayed two nights and the hotel bed killed me and not enough pillows to prop up my leg (SI joint) but then I thought to use the memory foam and I'd taken a sleeping bag in case the bed was too hard so I lay on that with the foam under my leg and slept. I've barely been able to move since I got home Sunday and the pain is through the roof but it was so so worth it. Sometimes you just have to accept the flare up and go for it.
Only bad thing- I caught the dreaded lurgy from someone and the coughing is killing my back. I hadn't left the house barring doctor or hospital appointments since last October and first time out catch whatever's going round.
Next goal I'm still working on a way to make my mobility scooter "sittable" so I can go out alone.

Poppy, I'm sorry you are having such a flare-up and cough besides. You've been shut in far too long so it's good that you were able to get out for something you really enjoyed for a change.

I'm interested to hear more about your plans to make your scooter "sittable". If you come up with something that works please let us know.

Violet

I certainly will but so far no success. I've bought numerous toilet seat raisers, coccyx cushions, foam pads but still can't use it. It feels to me to be more of a problem with the upright back to the seat which pushes my tailbone down into the base. I will try various lumbar supports.

Poppy,
You are ahead on the devices but I can xay I have been out of the house more than you. I am glad you were able to enjoy the event. I am awaiting a new wheelchair and roho cushion so I can go on a mini aniversary vacation. We cannot go to Disney as planned but Delaware and PA for a long weekend. I hope I can get through part of a museum shifting between sitting and standing and my two ailments. I have not tried the scooter since the parts are too heavy for me to lift so my annual Mother''s Day shopping with my friend is just lunch this year, but grateful I can do that. Best of luck and the scooter may be something I can try at Longwood gardens with my homemade cushion. Trial and error and we will find ways to enjoy some of our lives!
Janet

This is awesome news, good for you! Getting out to do things you enjoy is worth the cost and it's great that you have the tenacity to never stop trying to get more out of life.

Well done Poppy for making your weekend trip. Its always a fine line between providing comfort for you and trying to push the line over the top.
When away i always try to provide my own pillows and ice of course haha...I am the Ice Queen after all.
Maybe some lidocaine patches may have helped you along your journey?
Its always good to look back on trips even though its got a payback in a flare up....but at least you did it.
I hope that you can rest now and catch up on comfort.