27 days post-surgery....and now I have time and energy to be dragged down by my Auto-immune disease again -yippee!!
Had a pain-med free sleep last night -yea! Then, woke up to a sinus-induced bed-spinning nausea - again. Fought it madly and didn't have to worship at the porcelain throne this time, but I'm spending the day in my pajamas and robe, when I thought I'd done all my resting yesterday. WRONG! The story of a life with a chronic illness :(
About the spinal surgery progress -we are doing fantastic! It will be four weeks tomorrow since I had the surgery and I am pretty much off the cane except at the end of the day. I am already sick of the cursed back brace, although I have at least 8 weeks left of it. At about three weeks post-op, I felt miraculously better at the surgery site pain-wise, and I've been able to get up/down/in/out of bed with no pain and lots of movement. It's lovely!
Physical therapy has been a God-send, I must say. I never knew or had much use for PT before and didn't understand it's wonders, but with Sharon's exercises, deep tissue massage and ice, every visit is a big step in improvement of motion on my "good side". The numbness is minor, although I still have loss of feeling in the skin on my shin. I am getting lots of range of motion back in my right foot, ankle and calf although i still can't stand or walk on my heel. Not something you ever think about when you're healthy, but miss quite a lot when it's gone! Leads to a little floppy walking on that side, but getting better all the time :)
