I am happy to report that I am starting to feel better. The pain levels have dropped and I slept through the night last night without additional pain medication for the first time. I might even work a little bit before I want to nap today.
Yesterday had three bits of excitement - leaving the basement, showering, and visiting the acupuncturist. Later on in the recovery, this will seem pretty minor, but getting back to doing regular things and getting more mobile was exciting. Teresa went all out and bought us a safety show chair with a back on it. She thinks it is a good investment since we will start to need one more often now that we are getting older. The combination of my first activity for a few days and the treatment left me really tired yesterday afternoon. But resting combined with my best night sleep after surgery has sent me forward this morning feeling quite good.
So another week of being careful not to damage the repaired area while I hopefully continue to feel better every day. The acupuncturist warned me that I may get a bit grumpy in the next week or two as my system tries to process the toxins from the surgery out of my system and I have to adjust to not having fun like I am used to. In the past few years, I've discovered that exercising is extremely important for my general health and feeling of well-being. For the short term, I need to obtain that without exercising.
I am quite happy to be feeling like I've turned a corner on the healing and now can start thinking about getting back to more of a normal mode of operation.
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