Since damaging the connective tissues between two ribs a
month ago, I have found the healing process goes much more slowly as a mature
man than it did when I was much younger. I followed the doctor’s directions and
most of them worked well except for the high doses of ibuprofen. The best thing I have done consistently,
though is taking hot baths with Epsom salts.
Each time I take one of the hot baths, I feel guilty about
it. We are currently experiencing one of the worst droughts in recorded history
and a bath is not the most efficient use of water.
If this was Little House on the Prairie, a couple people
could bathe in the tub after me, but alas I live alone and none of my friends
have expressed any interest in using my Epsom salt lukewarm leftovers.
Maybe I should place an ad on Craigslist – Free in Austin: “Low
guilt cleaning. Lukewarm bathwater. Only used once. Pre-soaped. Email for
directions.”
Despite my best ecological intentions, I am afraid this may
draw the wrong crowd, but it certainly sounds fun just to see what responses I get.
In the meantime, I am trying to carefully conserve water in
everything else that I do while I do everything I can to recover and not need
the baths anymore.
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