More blog posts, eh? I wish there was something interesting or significant to post, but it's all incremental. With that caveat, here goes.
The last couple of weeks have been a time of slow recovery from major surgery. I spend a lot of time on the small stuff: eating, finding a comfortable position of rest, and letting time pass. The doc asked me to track my body's outputs, so I keep a log of every BM and cc of fluid. The drain they put in my side is slowing and the fluid is almost clear, so it is now more of an annoyance to me than anything. Its job is to show that my bile ducts aren't leaking nasty stuff into my gut. That was one of the risks of this procedure, but all that seems to be working well for me.
A typical day starts with me being driven from the bed by hunger. I steal into the kitchen for a banana and a glass of milk. Then I check my email and decide if it is worth it to dive into the computer or back into bed for warmth and snuggling. Pam gets up about lunch time, so we eat and then launch into the day's activities: walking around and resting. With an errand or two thrown into the mix, that pretty much takes us through the evening. About midnight I've had enough and it's off to bed. The last few nights have been hard for me for some reason. Just like the baby, I get wrapped up in how my side hurts and "spiral down" into a hurting place. Pam has been a real gem at those times, talking me through breathing exercises and into a restful state. Once there I can make it through the night.
A few days ago I decided to come off the pain meds. It is much better, but all the dull aches blossomed into sharp pains that take a different attitude to deal with. Even so, I'd rather know the actual state of my body than a veiled, drug-assisted view. Most of the time, anyway.
This has been an interesting weather week, typical for this time of year here. Sunday we were all laying on the grass in the yard, soaking up sunshine. It was warm enough that my brother was comfortable in only a t-shirt, though I snuggled underneath my "blanky." Monday we had snow all day, falling in big, wet flakes only to melt on the ground. Today it's well below freezing, but clear and crisp outside. It would be perfect at the T-Wall today, if I were in climbing shape. Soon! Of course, every day is a good caving day, if I were in shape for that. Soon.
That's about all the news that's fit to print. It's time for some lunch, a little shopping, and a visit to the dive shop to check in with those guys.
See you all out there soon, no matter how long it takes!
Clem
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5 comments:
Excellent! I'm REALLY glad things are continuing to go so well. Amazing that you're already off pain meds after such an invasive procedure. I can definitely understand the eagerness to be done with them. Also good to hear that your Jackson-Pratt Drain is not showing any signs of things being amuck. Good news, good news! :) Give Pam a hello for me!
Randy Cain
Hi there!!!! Greetings from cabo!!!
Glad to hear you are back home, things here are doing well a bit slow but to be expected. The kids are great. Nichole is talking a mile a minute & loves to play dress up, Christian is doing great too, still in soccer & taekwondo & yesterday they gave him a fencing class they had an exhibition class & of course now he wants to take fencing. don't know if giving that boy a sword is a good idea :) Darin went out to cerritos the other day to pick some fruit, he says everything looks good, I have to pry information out of him.
That's all the news from this side!!!!
Keep up the cheer!!!! Lots of love, Andrea, Darin, Nichole & Chrisitan
after reading some of the things you said on the pills, it's no wonder you want to get off em! ;-) i wonder if it's like any substance, taken all the time they lose some effect due to tolerance. i hope you'll find you feel better on less!
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