And today, I ooze :(
Definitely overdid it yesterday with all the driving to airport, stores, PT, and optometrist. Also at PT did some very light ab work on the ball (super modifified forearm plank on my knees) which did make one of the incision sites very unhappy. Then late yesterday I lifted my shirt and noticed that the superglue had started to come off the that site. This is actually kinda good, in a "yay healing" way, but also gross in an "ew, oozing" kinda way. Had to break out the bandaids again because i really don't need blood stains on my shirts. So yeah, no public pools in the near future for me. Thinking that once things *seem* healed up I'll need to test the stability of the wound sites with a nice epsom salt bath before venturing into the ick of chlorinated waters.
So yeah, I'm really more keen on posting positive updates but yesterday was not a great day. I was utterly exhausted by the end of the day, so exhausted that my eyes were watering from exhaustion before sundown and I went to bed around 7pm. Then I couldn't fall asleep for a couple of hours. So damned tired I couldn't sleep. Well, in all honesty, also couldn't fall asleep because I was attempting first night with no pain meds and it wasn't going well. I guess "irritating and annoying" is enough of a pain level to make falling sleep a no-go. Good news is that once I caved and took a pain pill, I slept for 14 hrs. Not straight, of course, was still up twice during that period but only for tylenol and toilet. Today I'm still exhausted but only drove to PT and back. Driving is surprisingly tiring. Then I took a nice long, slow walk which was far less fun than it used to be, but it sure was nice to be out and about.
So yeah, I'm really more keen on posting positive updates but yesterday was not a great day. I was utterly exhausted by the end of the day, so exhausted that my eyes were watering from exhaustion before sundown and I went to bed around 7pm. Then I couldn't fall asleep for a couple of hours. So damned tired I couldn't sleep. Well, in all honesty, also couldn't fall asleep because I was attempting first night with no pain meds and it wasn't going well. I guess "irritating and annoying" is enough of a pain level to make falling sleep a no-go. Good news is that once I caved and took a pain pill, I slept for 14 hrs. Not straight, of course, was still up twice during that period but only for tylenol and toilet. Today I'm still exhausted but only drove to PT and back. Driving is surprisingly tiring. Then I took a nice long, slow walk which was far less fun than it used to be, but it sure was nice to be out and about.