Well here I am. Day 14 since surgery. I still want to write out my daily journal, but as I am not able to sit at the computer for too long, I thought I would give this sneak preview.
It has been a tough couple of weeks. I've had a few complications to deal with such as very low blood pressure, internal bleeding fixed by a second visit to surgery, blood transfusions, extreme constipation and then my darling Andrew having a serious motorbike accident leaving him with two major breaks in his shoulder and arm causing him to be in intense pain and having to wait 6 days for surgery due to the nurses strike!
But, I am very happy to say I am starting to feel normal again!! I have had two short shopping trips to get some clothes. This was brought on by me losing my pants several times when I had my follow up appointment with the Surgeon. My sister took me to the appointment and she didn't know part of her duties was to keep pulling my pants up!! Because of the bandage around my stomach, I couldn't feel them falling down until they were at my ankles! Then I couldn't reach them to pull them up!! Mind you, my sister found it all very funny and couldn't stop laughing!! I think I gave the truck driver a laugh too as they fell down in the street just as he drove past!!!
I still have some discomfort when in the same position for too long and I still have a bit of a stoop when I walk, but I am trying hard to stand straight now. I can't sit in an upright position for too long, preferring to recline to ease the pressure on my suture line. But every day is getting easier!
I had a very positive report from the surgeon that everything is healing perfectly.
I hope to write more again soon. Thanks to everyone for their support.
7 comments:
You look fantastic Liz and it seems like you're recovering really well! The pants story made me laugh, what else are sisters for? Good luck with the rest of your recovery, you are such a huge inspiration to me, I come to your blog at least once a week to just look at your photos and get some perspective - what an amazing journey! Thankyou.
Hope you don't mind me jumping in here.
I just wanted to say what a fantastic story yours is!!!
You probably are getting as much rest as you need now. Enjoy it!!! I did. I had my boobs reduced in July and wish I had done it years sooner. Once you're up and about again, you really won't know yourself. And happy clothes shopping. Congratulations.
You'll have to change your name from Spinny to Skinny.
Cheers,
Janet (aka Jackie McKean)
Wow liz...go you! Keep taking care of yourself, and aww your poor darling. Hope that you are propping each other up well so that the recovery is less.
You are going to look amazing! We all know it :) Your a true inspiration to most people.
xx
You've done it you've done it- you brave thing you! I'm so pleased for you,
But the bike accident, that's pretty awful, I hope Andrew recovers quickly and isn't in too much pain.
You look terrific- and you have SO MUCH to look forward to!
You're looking fantastic, Liz. Hope the recovery continues to go well and that some more shopping trips are in store!
Also hope that Andrew is on the mend.
Hello there Liz, congratulations on the successful completion of your operation, I've been hanging out to check your blog and see your feedback. Sorry to hear about hubby's accident and your bout of infection, sure everything will be well in the end.
So nice to see you back up and about again.
Colleen
...please where can I buy a unicorn?
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