getting a leg up

Last evening and last night were very painful. I didn't sleep well, even with Ambien and Vicodin. I got up to take more Vicodin at 7am.

I washed the wound today. It was my first good look at it. I was expected something wider, but it was like a deep knife slit. One part was open, but most was closed. I felt better about it after seeing it, and I'm more confident that it will heal sooner than I was expecting yesterday. We still have large gauze pads from Steve's shoulder injury, and those are the perfect size for my wound.

Atrophy has really set in. My right calf is now half the size of the left one. (Half caff, de-caff -- whatever.)

A lot of the discomfort comes from the boot itself. The cast was solid, so the weight distributed evenly. I could easily elevate my leg onto a chair, bench, shoulder -- whatever. The boot has a hard bottom and hard plastic strips on the side; however, the back is just foam. My injury is in the back of the shin, so I can't just prop up my leg on any ol' shoulder without hurting myself.

The pain and dashed expectations made me really cranky yesterday. I still have pain today, but I think my expectations are better. Hopefully that means less cranky and more smiley. :-)

TiVo hiccup

I noticed today that TiVo's "to do" list had 7 programs to record from yesterday and the day before. It hadn't recorded any of them. The last time TiVo had connected to the network was 10/2/07, with the "next scheduled" connect date of 10/3/07. WTF? The settings showed today's date as 10/4/07.

I "restarted" the TiVo. This process took about 45 minutes. I was afraid that everything that had previously been recorded had been wiped out. Not so. Whew. Most of the 7 programs that it had not recorded are listed in the "To Do" list for upcoming rebroadcasts within the next few days. (Yay for rebroadcasting.)

Can anyone explain why the TiVo had stopped working? Any idea on how to prevent it from recurring?