ZaftigH
Hold up, wait a minute....
Nov 01, 2010
I have found a very new BFF! After I got out of the hospital, and I'm sure everyone can relate, it was very diffcult finding a good position to sleep in. At first I was sleeping in the living room chair with an ottoman, my body pillow wrapped around my middle, pillow behind shoulders, neck and head, and my blankie over me. That was pretty good for a couple of days til my butt started seizing up. So I packed up my camping gear and headed upstairs to the loft where the recliner that decided not to recline anymore (two wks b/4 surgery), and did the same thing. Well that lasted another couple of nights too. Butt going sore was the biggest problem. Well, about Thursday or Friday of last week I tried the bed again and that was not too bad until I had to go to the bathroom around 3am. Turning over wasn't so hard, but trying to get up from a completely flat surface is more than a notion. First I grabbed the bottom sheet, NOT, then I got in position to grab the side of the mattress, by this time tears were forming and the pee was quite close to coming out! I got up a little further and was able to grab on to the headboard and pulled myself up to a "leaning" position. Still not upright yet. I'm breathing hard, sweat is rolling down my face into my eyes, and I'm scared I'm going to pee on myself b/4 I can't get to the Bthrm!
Finally I let out a whimper and my DH woke up and got out of bed to help me up. After all of this, I STILL PEED ON MYSELF!!!!!! 
My DH didn't say a thing. He just helped me out of my nightgown, and washed me up, got me a nice smelling fluffy clean nightgown, and made me a cup of chamomille tea. That's another reason why I love this man! 
Anyway I'm getting off course, I told him to go back to bed b/c by this time it was 4am. While sitting there drinking my tea, I thought what about the sofa up in the loft beside the, you guessed it, recliner that doesn't recline? Grabbed my gear, trudged up the steps, and put the body pillow along the edge of the pillows, placed my pillow behind my head and shoulders, and another smaller pillow in the small of my back, pulled blankie up, and the next thing I knew I was hearing the mailman put mail in the box, and he comes like clockwork at 9:30am! I was so tickled that I got more than a few hours of sleep, I was in heaven. I've been on that couch since! Now that I'm almost all healed up, I don't know if I want to go back to the bed just yet. It's so quiet up there in the loft, I don't hear the dogs whining/running in their sleep, nor am I getting woke up by DH's sometime snores! This morning I went to see the surgeon about my incision. Dr Eyman said it was looking very good, but wanted to see me again Friday. So I'll be packing it 2x a day until then. Hopefully it'll start closing on it's own and they won't have to stitch it. My NUT called me early this evening for a telephone interview. Her name is Valerie Myers. She's a real card, so funny, and a lot of personality too. We talked about a half hour. She was asking me all of these questions about how I was feeling, was I getting my protein in, how much water did I think I was drinking, whether or not I was having trouble keeping food down, was I nauseated at any time, what was my usual menu for the day during the 11-28 days of the second stage of allowable foods, and on and on. Then she asked me how much weight had I lost since I've been home, and to remind me that we had a one-on-one appt on the 17th. No group meeting in November b/c she has to go to Boston for a conference. As she said to "teach ppl how to eat right and lose weight." Something she's been doing for over 20 years! I was thinking that if it doesn't rain tomorrow I'll try to do some more walking. I've got some walking DVD's from Leslie Sansone, but i think those are kind of strenuous for my post-op self. My binder from Dr Eyman doesn't want any exercise done except non-strenuous walking, for 8 WEEKS!!!! When I go Friday I'm going to ask him how long after my incision heals do I have to wait until I can continue my water aerobics. I really enjoy them and miss the water immensely. Well it's after 11p and I'm winding down, the energy is waning and I want to sleep in late tomorrow if I can. TTYL
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About Me
Cleveland, OH
Location
30.0
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Surgery
10/19/2010
Surgery Date
Jul 13, 2009
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