19 Weeks After

It has been awhile since I posted in my blog and I cannot believe it is 19 weeks after surgery already.  This is almost 5 months and I have to say I thought I would be much more like normal by now but I will continue to just heal I hope.  Some days are much better than others and I have tried to take on some activity I did prior to surgery.  I have started doing yoga and added a second day with the intent to do some yoga every day.  I return to the doctor next week and will probably try to set up my tweaking outpatient to reduce the size and add some cosmetic stuff. 

I have come to believe this may be how it will be always and to find a way to live with it.  It is still very difficult to describe the sensation.  It is like a constant cramping of my abs and sometimes it just plan hurts.  If I lie flat and massage my abs I can get the tightness to subside and actually can get it to where I don't feel any difference until I move just a little and then it retightens.  I am hoping more yoga will help continue to stretch and stengthen that area.  I have not yet been active doing much else.  Walking for a short while is all I can do because of the pressure and tightness.  I am planning to sign up for the SAC at SMCA and see if I can do weights, etc. which I think I can.  I have gone into the 911 Center and worked out a little but I cannot find any of my keys to 911 - they must be in a pocket somewhere - or maybe they are in the locker I use - nothing is impossible now days.

I continue to keep my hair short and it seems like the color is getting more and more gray.  I don't plan to do anything with it right now - I am not pretending to be younger than I am - I just don't want to look or feel older than I am.  We have a trip planned to Arizona in September and I want so much to do some hiking Camel Back and some other trails but I need to be working up to that task.  Also, I want to do a hot air balloon ride and a tour at Sedona.  I love the AZ area and would like to spend a few months there in the winters.  Maybe further South but still in AZ.

It is Thursday and I am working from home this morning while the new Pella sliding door is installed. Then off to Cass to attend Margaret Shultz's open house between 3 and 5.  I will probably run into the office first thing to discuss my late night phone call from the Judge. 

Hope to write again a little sooner.   At least after I see Dr. Logan next week.  I do have to say my ab scar is looking pretty good - I put on Palmer's Vitamin E butter on it every night and my stomach is smooth although not flat if that makes any sense.