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I can't believe I forgot to post all I wrote yesterday when I got home. Well, the update now is just that I'm your typical person recovering from an operation. I get cold and worn out very quickly. Haven't experienced any hot flashes as yet. Maybe that's the times I don't feel cold. I'm supposedly going directly into menopause, now, with no segue. (Not that I want one of those two wheeled little scooter things, they look stupid.) My voice deserts me every now and then, and I wonder if that means it's changing...?
I've done a lot of reading and sleeping and not much else. Eor's been doing everything, and has a roast and au gratin potatoes in the oven for us right now. Unfortunately I'm a little nervous about eating because I haven't had a bowel movement since Tuesday. I know this is TMI, but it's important when you've just had an abdominal operation. People have to poop. Today, have only eaten prunes, oatmeal, grapes, hot tea and pulpy apple juice (cider, not hard).
I was able to nap, today. Yesterday I suppose I should have tried, but I was afraid of the lying down part, and when Eor got home he got after me about having not slept (I was exhausted) so I attempted to lie down on the couch and the pain seized up my diaphragm so I was just flopping like a fish, unable to breath, until he pulled me to my feet. And then I stood there clinging to him and shivering until I caught my breath again. I guess it was all in how I tried to lower myself - I need to sit, then lift my feet and lever myself down to lie on my side. I can't just turn and use my abdominal muscles to let me down as from doing situps.
And yeah, so that's the exciting life of an invalid. I've also finally created myself a Photobucket account and am trying to learn how to post pics.
I've done a lot of reading and sleeping and not much else. Eor's been doing everything, and has a roast and au gratin potatoes in the oven for us right now. Unfortunately I'm a little nervous about eating because I haven't had a bowel movement since Tuesday. I know this is TMI, but it's important when you've just had an abdominal operation. People have to poop. Today, have only eaten prunes, oatmeal, grapes, hot tea and pulpy apple juice (cider, not hard).
I was able to nap, today. Yesterday I suppose I should have tried, but I was afraid of the lying down part, and when Eor got home he got after me about having not slept (I was exhausted) so I attempted to lie down on the couch and the pain seized up my diaphragm so I was just flopping like a fish, unable to breath, until he pulled me to my feet. And then I stood there clinging to him and shivering until I caught my breath again. I guess it was all in how I tried to lower myself - I need to sit, then lift my feet and lever myself down to lie on my side. I can't just turn and use my abdominal muscles to let me down as from doing situps.
And yeah, so that's the exciting life of an invalid. I've also finally created myself a Photobucket account and am trying to learn how to post pics.
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