Early Morning

It was a long day at work and I was not feeling well at all.  I was sick to my stomach for much of the day and had a dull headache, came home at noon and tried to sleep for an hour, went back to work for a conference call, and I did make it to 4:00.  But, I came home and immediately changed my clothes took off my dressing on my leg and put on my support garmet for my chest.  I have a huge solid black area from surgery and I am sore when I move around.  I wanted nothing to eat for dinner, had some tea and water and went to bed with 2 pain pills at 9:00 a.m.   I slept pretty good and woke up this morning feeling much better.

I have already done some housework, laundry, dishes, cleaned out the fridge, cleaned out the cat box, took trash out and am thinking of doing some cooking to have some left overs for the rests of the weekend.  My weight is down a few pounds but I have not been eating much.  I think I under estimated how much the surgery zapped out of me just because it did not put me down and out.  I am very curious to see what the results of the reconstruction and how much of the initial patch is left. 

I see Dr. Logan on Monday and I assume he will remove the bandage and just leave the steri- strips for the stitches to continue to dissolve.  I will also assume I will return to see him one more time in this process and then probably a follow up in a few months.  I would love to continue to lose weight and that will be my next goal.  Work out in the morning when I know I feel the best, and then I can just crash after work instead of feeling guilty for not going to work out.

My abs are still tight and weird and I am just accepting that as part of the rest of my life.  I did make an appointment for a swedish message and facial and will talk with Erin about doing some holistic massage on my abs/scar to see if she can help give me some relief.