last post surgery update

I am glad to hear that you are feeling better today. Hopefully by the end of this week you will be feeling better than ever.

It's nice to hear your feeling better Joyce:)

babysitter came, we went to target, with the dogs riding backup in the car for the christmas shopping. i'm whipped now, off to bed for a nap now.

Woo Hoo!! Road Trip!
:D

Hope you had a good nap too!!

last night eileen took me to the library for fresh books and air, then to a neighborhood restaurant for mexican style tacos. this am shawn took me to work (narcotics and driving are a real bad mix so i'm not driving) so i could pick up some papers and i showed off a little bit. :cool: the dogs couldn't believe that they had to go into the crates, they've adjusted to 24/7 human time. i'm feeling much less grumpy and more energetic every day. still i won't lift anything heavier then a jug of milk, and i feel better in the abdominal binders or ace wrap as that part heals. thanks for listening, now for a nap

thanks to all who've been PM-ing and keeping me in prayers, i'm grateful for your kindness and good wishes. today i had my first check up with my primary doctor, she measured, the open areas are less then 6 inches, i'm healing very very well. the closed suture lines are pink, lumpy and look pretty good. she said i'm doing good. however, today, shawn, driver and babysitter, ...insert angelic smirk here....who knows me too well, took me to lunch. like an idiot, i had sushi. i love sushi and wasabi. too much of a good thing and i got very head over the porcelin bowl sick. the skin layers look good, but the muscle layers got a work out. time for weak tea and time for a nap. see you later

Joyce, I'm so glad your checkup went well. Healing takes time and I hope you are being careful. Merry Christmas to you and I hope 2008 will bring only good things to you.

Logan

glad to hear the update Joyce altho I'm sad you got sick on Sushi!:(
*gentle hugs to you*
FEEL BETTER!

Hum... guess that's what you get for eating raw fish!! :p J/K!!!
I'm so sorry you got sick and sounds like you were lucky for not ripping anything open while heeving!! :)

Sounds like your getting around great now! I'm so happy for you!

I hope you're napping now and I hope you feel TONS better when you wake up!

i think i've got a minor bug (amazing considering the amount of antibiotics i'm on). cough, sniffle....i did walk to the end of the block this am with eileen and the dogs. peanut objects to the high school kids walking to their busstop, so she let a group of 4 boys (? hard to tell in hooded parkas since it's so cold) that her eye was on them. they crossed to the other side of the street. not so bad having the neighbors think cujo lives here. really, alex would frisk them for cookies and peanut....welll, i'm not so sure she wouldn't either. back to bed, see you all later. love joyce

Well, take good care of yourself. A little pampering never hurt anyone. Healing can take a while.

yesterday, the drains from the surgery got yanked out...truly a case of go to my happy place...and yes a quick removal is better in my case cause i'm a chicken. as prescribed by the doctors' staff i took one hour pre-removal, on an empty stomach 2 vicodans, and yet it still hurt alot. i felt loopy all day, and took a long nap, today i'm slowly moving about, however, no more drains and the wounds are healing very nicely. after today, no more surgery updates, cause i'm back to normal, well as normal as i'll ever be. ;)

{{{{{HUGS}}}}} What a brave woman you are!! I just can't get over it. It's got to be one difficult recovery.

I was just thinking about you today Joyce.

I'm glad to hear the drains are out, but OUCH! I can't even imagine the hurt...gives me the willies!

Lots of (((HUGS)))
Anna