37 days post op! That means today is Wednesday and next Monday- the 28th was (I currently need an extension) my return to work day! Do you know how fast six weeks goes when you are recovering from surgery? This week I am barely getting back into my car and driving again. Of course, you can't be on muscle relaxers or heavy meds when you are driving, so it's taking some balance and skill to be able to make that happen every morning so far this week. I didn't have to pick her up as she had plans with friends and they would pick her up. I was totally okay with that. Like I mentioned, my back feels crunchy when I sit in the car seat. It doesn't feel good.
Taking it week by week, but I am sure by Tuesday of next week I wouldn't have been able to make it a full eight hours of sitting, walking, talking, working, when I am barely able to do five hours of anything without laying down and some times falling asleep from exhaustion. I need to do something though. I know I need to drop some weight, but doing so when you are recovering from a surgery is not recommended. What I can do is to eat healthier options, more salads, more fruits, and stuff like that. Less snack type foods. There are ways to choose more healthier option foods without compromising your healing and possibly speed it up. I will look into that this week.
I know I've let some things slip, it's easy to be laser focused and forget about the whole picture. I mean to be fair, I was probably just focusing on staying alive and not really healthy for the past few weeks. I say that light heartedly, as it's been a roller coaster of a ride so far. From paperwork, to phone calls, learning how to get in and out of bed, use the restroom, take a shower, get dressed, walk, get in the car, walk longer distances, preparing simple foods, making coffee, brushing my hair and teeth, to creating a website, becoming an Amazon Associate (not affiliate like I mentioned before), takes up a lot of time. Not even including the mindless hours I spent doom scrolling on TikTok (there I said it), and looking at. FB (which is rather depressing to me), to wondering what I am doing with my life and everything in between during that time. Time goes by pretty quickly.
Yesterday, I mentioned my leg hair, I don't know if I have more, or maybe I am just noticing it more since I don't or haven't shaved it (since I can't reach my toes or bend at all) since my surgery. I can't bend at all and so things that fall on the ground or are lower than knee level where I can't reach, just have to stay there until I can get help from someone to pick it up. Which reminds me, yesterday, I ventured to the local grocery store, I picked up and then dropped a bag of teriyaki beef jerky, I just stood there looking at it. I couldn't grab it. A worker and another shopper came down the aisle and I asked nicely if he could pick it up for me and he did without skipping a beat, but the shopper mocked me saying "yeah, sure you can't pick it up." I don't know why but I felt like I had to tell her that I just had surgery and physically couldn't pick it up. She didn't care and they just kept walking. What a weird experience. Did she have to mock me? Was she mocking me? I don't know. Just thought I'd share that with you.
Please remember to be kind to people and if there is something that doesn't have to be said, don't say it. Hold it in. Process your hurt the best you can without passing it along to someone else. It really makes a difference.
Know that you are loved and I pray God bless and keep you always.
*Mass was a great message today about the bread of life- word of God, and the Lord's prayer. That God's word will feed our soul. I prayed the Holy Rosary twice for people in need that came to mind when I was praying.
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