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Well, it's been three weeks since I came home from the hospital and things are going well. I was supposed to go back to work on the 13th but I woke up that morning with an MSG reaction so I didn't make it back until the 14th. I had assured the doctor that I would be able to get lots of help with lifting so he would fill out my FMLA papers with no restrictions but it was a lot harder than I expected to do my job without hurting myself. As much as we both said that my co-teacher would help me, it's just not that easy to ask her to help me with my babies when she's trying to take care of hers too. So I did too much and could barely walk by the time I went home that night. The next day was a tiny bit better and by Thursday it was much better. I was really scared the first couple of days that I was actually going to get the hernia that the doctor kept warning me about. But I made it through and now I have almost no pain as long as I'm careful and think about what I'm doing and how I'm doing things. We've had a lot of trainings in the last two weeks that kept me out of the classroom for about half the day several times so that has helped with the recovery. I had my follow-up appointment with the surgeon two days ago. I was hoping he'd say that I was doing so well that I could go back to the gym this weekend but no luck. One more week and then I can do whatever I want. Except I can't do sit-ups for seven more weeks. Hahaha. WOE? Not. :P
I definitely can eat whatever I want now. It's amazing. I've tried everything that's caused me so much pain the last few years and none of them have bothered me. I love it. However, the bad part is that I'm eating all kinds of "bad" things and not exercising. Bad combination and I can already see the damage it's doing. I will be REALLY ready to go back to the gym next week. Because I'm not quite ready to stop eating whatever I want. :)
Of course the downside of all of this was the huge bill I got from the hospital this week. Due to being given misinformation from my employer about my insurance, I owe more than triple what I expected. It wouldn't have been any different if I'd known but it wouldn't have been such a shock. I'm going to be making payments for a long time. And my family will probably be getting their favorite desserts for Christmas instead of real presents.
Still worth it though. :)
I definitely can eat whatever I want now. It's amazing. I've tried everything that's caused me so much pain the last few years and none of them have bothered me. I love it. However, the bad part is that I'm eating all kinds of "bad" things and not exercising. Bad combination and I can already see the damage it's doing. I will be REALLY ready to go back to the gym next week. Because I'm not quite ready to stop eating whatever I want. :)
Of course the downside of all of this was the huge bill I got from the hospital this week. Due to being given misinformation from my employer about my insurance, I owe more than triple what I expected. It wouldn't have been any different if I'd known but it wouldn't have been such a shock. I'm going to be making payments for a long time. And my family will probably be getting their favorite desserts for Christmas instead of real presents.
Still worth it though. :)