April 23, 2007

Day 3 and it's so much better. I'm still not 100% but way better then I was the first night.
The surgery itself was a piece of cake. I felt nothing. And when I say nothing I mean NOTHING! They had started and were working on me for about 10 mins and I didn't even know.

It did however take about 5 hours for the spinal to wear off. Unsually it's about 2 and a half I guess for some people but who knows maybe they gave me a bit extra cause I was numb for a while.

I finally got to come home at about 6pm and when I left there the pain on a scale of 1 to 10 was about a 3 or 4. A few hours after being home it was about a 6 and by bed time a 8 or higher. With no pain meds it made for a very uncomfortable and sore night with (I'll admit) some tears. All they gave me was 800 mg motrin which to be honest did nothing. I took them in hope it would help but the pain over road every feeling I had. It really was not a fun or good night. The next day I was still uncomfortable and it still hurt but by late afternoon as long as I could find a position in bed and stay still the pain was so much better.

I know the doctor said live life normally once I was home just no lifting, but really, there was no normalcy happening for me. I felt like I wanted to jump off the nearest bridge. UGH !!

Last night sleep was much better and when I woke up this morning I feel better too. I can sit up with out feeling pressure and discomfort and when I walk around it's not as hard as it was before. I can still tell pretty quickly if I am standing or walking too much but all in all it's a much better day and to boot it's going to be about 80 degrees out side today.

My plan is to go back to work Wednesday morning so hopefully when I get up tomorrow I will feel 100% again. We'll see..

Chuck asked me the other day if I felt "safer" now with the stitch in, and my answer then was I feel nothing but pain and can't even think about anything else. Now I feel better but I won't feel completely comfortable until my next appt and I see those babies on the screen and know that they are ok. The nurse was suppose to check them before I left the hospital and forgot and to be honest I was still feeling a bit numb, tired and achy that I forgot until we got in the car and started driving home or I would of said something. So now it'a a waiting game until I see the doc on May 9th. Then I will feel better... I know one day at a time right..