Feeling Better

                                      

 I notice my counter is starting over again!  What is up with that.  Does it erase after each thousand and start over?  One day I will sign on and my journal will be gone.  Lost in cyber-space along with my lost numbers.  No big loss I realize but I have gotten use to writing in this.

   I am feeling almost human today.  I stayed awake from 4 pm until 11 pm last night.  A new record.  I still feel like I have aliens perched on my chest but they aren't stabbing me as often.  I see the Doctor at 10 am and they we are definitely going to the gym.  My husband states he will let me use the treadmill and walk only, if I even look at a weight machine we are out the door but I really think some of the leg machines will be OK.  I feel like my muscles are getting soft again.  Can't have that.

   I just finished a piece of my husband egg pie.  It is pretty high in calories I think but has lots of wonderful vegetables and all fresh ingredients so a small piece won't hurt and I will start working out again.  I finally feel like I can do my 10,000 steps.  For lunch I had a turkey wrap.  I have been drinking my pineapple juice so will see if my swelling goes down faster. 

   Yesterday I had fun trying on my clothes.  Some look so much better and some don't fit anymore.  They hang wrong.  The weight gain from surgery is completely gone now that I am back on my medication and drinking more fluids.  Last week on this day I was getting my markings.  Time flie.  I have read 4 books so far and have 2 more to go before I have to hit the library again.

  Well, I had better get ready to go see the doctor.  I will post later and update how it goes at the gym.  Oh, I slept much better last night with the tubes out and actually woke up onmy side.  I know the doctor said 3 weeks but I can't help what I do at night.

   Doc was not to thrilled about my plan to go to the gym.  She says it hasn't even been a week and this was major surgery.  I just planned on walking.  The last thing she told my husband is not to let me exercise too much.   Otherwise everything is looking good.  I chided her about not warning me about the 10 pounds weight gain and she said most patients don't weight themselves.  She is pleased though and says I am doing much better then even some of her younger patients.  I told her she should have her patients do ab work for at least 1 month before surgery as it really has helped.  Next week I get the stitches out.  My skin is so sensitive to everything that I have having a problem with the steri strips causing redness. She changed them and told me to let her know it they started burning or itching to bad.  I stopped at Walmart to get another bra also.  2 isn't enough while I am having some draining.  I was looking at all the pretty, cheap bra's and can't wait until I can wear some of them.  I might be obsessed with buying them for awhile.  I can buy 5 for what I used to pay for one.  The doctor also thinks since my back pain hasn't come back it probably won't which means for me the surgery was a success since that is why I had it done.  I am so happy it worked.

   Went for a walk down by the river instead of the gym so we could walk the dog.  I only got 1/2 mile in because I started to get more pain then I cared for and it was bitterly cold with the wind.  I hope to make it more everyday.  So far no naps today but I did break down and take some pain pills about 1 hour ago so will probably get sleepy.

I was short on my 10,000 steps having only gotten in 8753 steps.  I am still not sure I have it set correctly so when I get to the gym I am going to count off 100 steps and see how accurate it is.