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[which_chick]

I got home last night and stoked the fire and ate supper and wandered around my house (which is not very big) while chatting on the phone with various friends and relatives to reassure them that I am not dead. I got my first decent sleep since the surgery -- I hadn't slept much to speak of in the hospital -- and discovered that while Percocet does kill every bit of leftover pain, it makes me all weepy and emotional. (Tried one of those to see if I could sleep on my side, which I much prefer.) Given the side effects, I think I'm done with that. I like codeine better but painkillers are not a product where ask for it by name is a workable option. If you do that, the medicos think you take 'em recreationally or something... and while I generally have sufficient painkillers left over from any painkiller incident for recreational use, I don't SET OUT to get painkillers for recreational use. It's just a happy byproduct of having anything medical done.

Got up this morning, took one of my "take these until gone" NSAIDs (generic toradol), and wandered around the house a bit. The discharge sheet says that I'm to be walking and there's all kinds of snow outside so I'm walking inside. It's boring but I can only sit still comfortably for about half an hour at a time so the walking breaks up the sitting still stuff. Should things continue on in this vein, I will most definitely be able to make xmas cookies for the function at Chez Matt. I will also be able to drive myself -- I was released with no restrictions on driving and I don't foresee any difficulties on that front.

Comments

[sara-merry99.livejournal.com]

Yay! Glad you're home and doing well. That's awesome!

I've never really gotten the recreational painkillers thing--but then I've never been much on painkillers, so maybe I've just never gotten the buzz. :)

[amywon.livejournal.com]

Glad to 'see' you up and walking. Gald you are home too and good so far.

[staceman.livejournal.com]

Good to hear that things are going well so far! :)

[teflon-tim.livejournal.com]

Let me add my well-wishes to everyone else's. I'm glad that everything went well, and am looking forward to seeing you up and about for NYE.

[cousin-sue.livejournal.com]

Did the doctor take pictures as you asked?

How do you feel tummy wise?

[ornery-chick.livejournal.com]

It's good to hear the driving thing isn't going to be off limits.

[which-chick.livejournal.com]

Doc took pictures, which I will get to see at the one-week postop visit on Friday and which he assures me he will email to me (they're digital) at that time. Hopefully they are suitably interesting.

As for how I feel, tummy-wise, well, I'm not sure that's an item of general interest. I mean, it's interesting to me, but probably not to everyone who reads this. Let's give them the choice to opt out of the details. See next entry if you really want to know.