Well, as you can see, I'm home from the hospital. The surgery went well. Even to the surgeon saving the old plates and screws for me-guess he knew I was a scrapbooker LOL. I now have 2 longer plates and screws holding the discs in place.He even went through the same spot as last year so the scar isn't larger than it already was. I was really sick after the anesthesia (always am) but by the next morning, Thursday, I was better. I have slept more in the past few days than in the past month.Of course, part of that is due to the Lortabs and I'll take those daily for the next few weeks-as they say there will be "discomfort for 6-8 weeks". Discomfort they call it, huh.
Oh, okay now on to the healing part. Will just have to take it easy for the next few weeks-no lifting over 5#,no straining, etc. Good thing I did most of the holiday cooking and baking ahead of time. Tony came over this am to get a few things done for us. He'll be back later to help with bathtime for Chuck and clean up the animals-cleam out both cat's litterboxes, and redo Pookies's cage with new bedding and food too.
22 December 2007
18 December 2007
My First Blog
Well, here it is. My first attempt at having a blog.I hope to make this interesting enough for you to like visiting and reading about my life.
So here's what is happening. Tonight as I write this, I'm very nervous. Tomorrow morning, about 11 am, I'm scheduled for surgery-another cervical fusion. See I just had C5-6 done last November. And this one should really be a piece of cake-right? Well, it seems like it's not. Thsi time it's C6-7, the one right below the last one, but this time it's herniated and pressing against the spinal cord causing some paralysis in the left hand. And the funny thing is, we-the drs and myself, can't figure out whats going on. This time last year, C6-7 was just fine.So what happened?? Who really knows, but you can be sure I'm finding out that, as a woman who tends to always put everyone else ahead of myself, that I actually need to develop time for myself each and everyday. So what if my family thinks they just can't do it?? Well, they are going to have to learn to make decisions for themselves and work things out. It can be done but they have always known that Mom would do it if they didn't. And I have always done it.
So here's what is happening. Tonight as I write this, I'm very nervous. Tomorrow morning, about 11 am, I'm scheduled for surgery-another cervical fusion. See I just had C5-6 done last November. And this one should really be a piece of cake-right? Well, it seems like it's not. Thsi time it's C6-7, the one right below the last one, but this time it's herniated and pressing against the spinal cord causing some paralysis in the left hand. And the funny thing is, we-the drs and myself, can't figure out whats going on. This time last year, C6-7 was just fine.So what happened?? Who really knows, but you can be sure I'm finding out that, as a woman who tends to always put everyone else ahead of myself, that I actually need to develop time for myself each and everyday. So what if my family thinks they just can't do it?? Well, they are going to have to learn to make decisions for themselves and work things out. It can be done but they have always known that Mom would do it if they didn't. And I have always done it.
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