My darn belly button has been so tender and sensitive. It’s just so annoying to have anything brush/rub/push/touch it right now and has been for several days. So I called my doctor’s nurse just to make sure that was ok. (You know, a normal part of healing rather than a sign something is wrong.) She…
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4 Weeks Post Hysterectomy
Today is 4 weeks since my surgery. It’s another benchmark in the recovery. Still no heavy lifting and I still have to take it slow and easy, but I’m allowed to do a little more than before. According to my discharge paperwork from the hospital: 4 to 6 weeks – Heavier activities – shopping, light…
Hematology Appointment Recap
So the appointment went well if not as slow as ever. Got there right at 2:45pm scheduled time and left around 4:30pm. At least this time I had my Mom with me so the time went by more pleasantly since I had someone to talk to and keep me company. They drew blood and I…
Tuesday Blues
Today I have an appointment at 2:45pm with the hematologist. It’s a follow-up to my pre-op appointment to determine how he wants to proceed with getting my iron stores (ferritin level) back up to normal levels. It was originally going to be last week but my Mom had an appointment that day and I wasn’t…
Out of Surgery
Love just called. His mom is out if surgery. Went just fine. She will be in recovery another hour or so but she's good. Hooray! Posted via email from memoryanddream’s posterous
Send Good Wishes Please
Love went to bed around 9:45pm tonight because he has to get up around 3am. His mom is having knee replacement tomorrow and they have to be at the hospital 5:30am. Love is his Mon’s ride. Since his dad’s heart surgery this summer he doesn’t drive anymore. She had one knee replaced a few years…
Flat Tire – The Revenge
So remember last Saturday when we were out and got a flat and had to spend an hour and a half sitting in Walmart waiting for them to fix it? Well we we were out again today and as we come out of the pet food store we notice the SAME tire is flat. We…
Here goes nothing
First time driving since surgery. Wish me luck! LOL 4:14pm Edit to add: I did it! Drove to the post office, shipped out my items, drove home, checked my mail and now I’m home. Hooray! 😀 Posted via email from memoryanddream’s posterous
3 Weeks Post Op
Ok, I’m probably the only one excited about this, but today, three weeks post hysterectomy, all of my incisions are now scab-free and looking awesome!! I just got out of the shower were the belly button incision (by far the ugliest and largest of the cuts) shed it’s scab! I have a {quasi-normal} belly button…
Apples!
Apples my mom brought me from an orchard in northern Georgia. Cute! Posted via email from memoryanddream’s posterous
Day 18 Post Op – Healing Incisions!
Last night, part of the scab on my belly button incision came off! I didn’t pull at it or pick at it or anything. I just pulled my pj’s down to look at my wounds and the bottom part just came right off. I was like EEK! But it’s fine. Another part in the “inner”…
Saturday’s Outing Gone Wrong
So, yesterday (Saturday) we were Going To Go Out. Ok, not like anything fancy or interesting, but when you’re recovering from major organ-removing surgery, even small trips to the store are a Big Deal. Yesterday, (Day 17 post-op) I found a pair of denim capri pants that are normally too big and a little stretched…
Day 16 Post Op And Feeling Fine
I’m happy to say my two-week post hysterectomy day came and went and brought with it a nice relief from pain. My pain has changed from an all-encompassing deep ache to a more shallow general soreness. It’s much easier managed with ibuprofen and I went the entire day yesterday without a single painkiller. Just two…
I am ObamaCare
This is the ORIGIN of the “I am ObamaCare” picture. I’m the one who wrote it, photographed it and posted it on October 20, 2011. That’s me in the picture. This is my story. I never knew my simple “I am Obamacare” image would wind up all going viral on every corner of the web!…
New fuzzy throw
Here is a shot of the super fuzzy and ultra soft blue throw my sister brought over for me as a surprise gift when she visited me Monday. The color looks weird in the living room light but its really a nice blue. Also shown are the glitter pens and Godiva chocolate bars she got…