12 days post op

Well, I decided to update my blog, because my journey is not over yet and I do send people that ask about my disease to this blog, so I thought I should post how my recovery is going from time to time.

The first 10 days were so far the hardest, being at home and wanting to do things, but not being able to do things is hard. This last week, I have cried alot, I guess I had unrealistic expectations of what it would be like when I got home. My brain tells me one thing and my body tells me something else. I can't bend down for anything and it seems like I am dropping more things :) I can't lift more than a gallon of milk, I can't drive and I can't twist. It is easier said than done, especially with two kids and a husband whom has only done laundry a handful of times. He is a fast learner lately. However, I must say that something happened for me at the 10 day mark. I woke up and started feeling better, I can tell my body is healing. I can also tell when I am doing too much. I certainly don't want to undo anything that was done with this surgery, but you can only look at that piece of trash on the floor so many times before you have to pick it up.

I am borrowing one of those "grabber" things and that helps for the light weight items to pick up with out bending. I did 2 loads of laundry today, it wasn't easy and I did get the girls to help load and unload the dryer. I have a little pain at the incision site and a dull/achy pain to the left of the incision. I have some shooting pain if I bend (which I am not supposed to do, but it happens when you aren't thinking about it). I can feel the plate in my back, this is the worst when I go to sleep at night, I tend to turn a lot and I know I twist in the bed, so I get some pain from that.

I am only taking Vicodin at night and maybe once/twice during the day. I don't feel like I need it as much. Time will tell how the surgery has went and I will keep you updated on my recovery.

Here is wishing everyone a healthy, happy and much brighter 2010!!!