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chillin'Now Playing: Day 2977-Chapter 3... Happiness~My Silver Lining
Three surgeries... all in less than two months.
This weeks surgery was tough! After all the super powers, happy-go-lucky anesthetic drugs wore off... the realness of post surgical pain began to take front and center. So did the fatigue and feeling overall... BLAH. If only we could somehow make the same kind of medication that they used during surgery that made me feel absolutely WONDERFUL! But only in a safe, natural pill form. Yea... right! Wishful thinking!
Of course, I had my fair share of post surgical complications that began as soon as we got home from the hospital. Clotting issues that lasted over the past three days which required a few trips back in order to receive a few treatments. I also had to stop all pain medication, vitamins, protein shakes and other supplemental meal beverages. I literally had to rely on solely over the counter Tylenol. Talking about building some serious, out of this world tolerance when it comes to pain! There hasn't been a hour that has gone by yet that Eric hasn't thrown in one of two rotating herbal heat wraps into the microwave.
Sleep... that's another story. A 24-hour story after literally sleeping an entire day away. Poor Eric... he once again will be paying for it when going back to work with one heck of a constantly rotating sleep schedule. HA!
Sometimes, it is what it is.
Today was the very first day in doing my best to slowly get back to the basics. Not being able to consume my protein shakes and other healthy beverages had begun to really take a toll on my overall energy level. Surgery is hard enough to bounce back from, yet alone dealing with limitations due to clotting issues. I was finally given the A-OK this afternoon to start back on some serious nutrition! My body said, "THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!" I am still fatigued as hell and the pain still has yet to subside when trying to find some sort of comfortable position on my couchbed. But I made it... I actually made it through a third surgery in less than two months! That within itself is one hell of a feat!
I know that the road ahead for me is going to be a long one. But for now... it's one day at a time.
