Apr. 16, 2008 - Hysterectomy recovery
Today's entry.......Recovery or.......drugovery. Ahhh, that wasn't funny. See, I'm still drugged! How long will this last? I feel like my brain is all fog. I'm still having to backspace in my typing waaaayyy more than normal. Everything is still on 3 second delay, and I can't remember what happened yesterday.
I feel like I'm being this huge flake cause people call and assume I know what they're talking about because we talked yesterday but guess what? I have no recollection whatsoever.
I don't hurt in my abdomen but I can definitely tell when I've done too much by a pulling and cramping sensation. I'm not taking any drugs any more. When I feel swollen..."swelly belly" as the hyster sisters say, I'll take an ibuprofin. Not because it hurts but so the swelling will go down. I'm caught between the no drugs thing and that if the swelling goes down maybe it will help circulation and healing. I'm erring on the side of the ibuprofin for that one.
The hardest thing to do right now (that I'm trying to do) is hold the baby. She's 6 months old now and she wiggles and squirms like crazy. You wouldn't think it took so many muscles to hold a baby but it does.
I've been trying to have her set down next to me instead. She likes to play on the giant bean bag bed with some toys while I lay there and watch tv.
We can still interact but I don't have to hold her, and she's very stable on the bag. If she does tip a little it's a nice soft cushion.
I can't eat much at a time (maybe because of the swelling?) and I want to. We have a huge box of oranges and grapefruits that need to be eaten and it seems like juice causes (dare I say it????????) GAS! I normally am very proud that I do not have that problem but, from what I hear, anesthesia also causes constipation problems along with backages of gas.
TMI huh? You guys didn't need to know that!
I'd better go to bed before I write too much more.
