19 Days Post-Op

Nov 19, 2012

Well life is slowly going back to normal.  I am able to take on a bit more around the house.  I have to stop myself from doing too much because I am very stubborn.  Not being able to do stuff brings out a weird compulsive part of me.  I have also realized what a massive control freak I am through the healing process as I had to step back and let my husband handle everything.  I guess I just think my way is the best way...for everything.  What a pain in the butt I am.  SO many times he has had to tell me to back off and go sit down or lie down.  I thought I would be able to handle being out of control of the household, but it is proving to be way harder than I had anticipated.

Almost all of my pain and discomfort is gone except for on the left side where they did most of the work out of.  I keep worrying that I have some sort of hernia, so if it is not improved in a few more days, I am going to go to the Ottawa clinic to get a requisition for an ultrasound.  I was doing too much last Wednesday and it has been hurting more since then.  When I called the clinic they said it was unlikely that it was a hernia and to see if it improves in a week.  We will see.  It just hurts so much if I bend over, like something is being pinched or something.  Aside from that, things seem to be progressing very well.  I feel a decent amount of energy. 

I have been filling a lot of my time with online Christmas shopping and have my kids and family almost all done.  I love doing it online, it saves me so much time, money and stress.  I am not good with crowds.  I always try to start off patient and kind, but after I get cut off 40 times or bumped into a few times, I start feeling really mean and nasty.  So I avoid all of that and I get everything delivered to the UPS store in Ogdensberg and then a couple of weeks before Christmas, I send my husband to pick everything up.  Easy peasy and I still end up liking humankind.

Well that's about it for now.

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