5 weeks Post Op (36 days)

OK, as far as pain goes I still have it. I proved that to myself last night. I went to 3 different meetings yesterday. It was just too much. I took a tylenol #3 at the last meeting but I was more than ready for bed when the meeting started. I'm just not there yet...it is so much better but I am not there...

Percocet lets me sleep well. I don't think I will sleep deeply without meds until I can go to my stomach. Simply put sleeping on my stomach hurts. At least those sides can take it now...progress. I just am totally relaxed on my stomach, I had this same issue when I could not stomach sleep when pregnant, thankfully this won't last as long....

This healing flat out takes time, it is one of those things you can't rush. you don't really see big leaps of progress daily but you make them and suddenly you find you feel differently than you did 2 weeks ago...still can't lift anything over 10 pounds and that is not much, a gallon of milk is 8 pounds just for a guideline. I can only do that briefly, I still have to take my kids to the grocery for me so they can load, unload, unload at home and put things away...

I'm still tired, very tired, and tasks wear me out. I can for example clean for 5 hours if needed BUT the next day is a day off...I'm in the process of building stamina...

Now the nitty gritty of it all is I look very different, very different. The results are pretty amazing, I need to get rid of most my wardrobe...thing is once I start training to run I'm going to have to do that all over again...I'm really not wanting to buy a lot just a few things to get me through...I'm down 3 sizes and went to the junior vs. women's sizes, that in itself is just a totally different fit, but since I'm petite it is a better fit. I can actually say that now...I AM petite once again, it IS a nice feeling, but I tell you I will never ever forget that before the grace of God go I...life can change in a moment of a devastating diagnosis just as it can with a miraculous healing...God is breathing back life into me...for that I am grateful in a way I can not voice....