I am now on day 13 of recovery and I’m feeling pretty good. The recovery period has mostly been uncomfortable rather than painful. I am going to see family this afternoon for the first time since before surgery. I’ve never really been one to miss family (in general people sort of cease to exist until I see them again) but I have been missing having others around in the near two weeks it’s just been me, my parter and Booger in the house. I’ve left once for my first post-op appointment, had a small walk (returning to full mobility has been hindered by the Queensland weather), and saw one friend in passing. And so, I find myself missing the company of others. My partner is plenty company really, but there’s only so much time I want to force him to sit and listen to me about anything and everything that would normally be divided up amongst half a dozen people, and I haven’t been able to interact much with Booger because of the allergy factor.

One sister had been away on a trip overseas and another has just switched job locations and so there’s much to hear from them. I think I also need a change of pace from my lounge room (ᵕ・ᴗ・). It has been my comfort zone but I’m in an odd midpoint of my recovery where it’s a bit hard to return to normal but I feel tied down remaining in the lounge room. I also miss my main computer. The laptop I’m using is slow and small and unfortunately I work in a way that constantly flicks between tabs and windows and so miss the flexibility of having two monitors. It’s just a tad too uncomfortable to sit in my office chair and the couch has the benefit of being directly under the air conditioning. Because I have to wear compression garments and it was so difficult to clean myself (and still is to a point), my pores beneath the vest seem to have clogged, which creates an increibly itchy and uncomfortably feeling under the vest when I go into areas that are too warm. It’s pretty unbearable. Now that I can apply water and reach more, me and my partner have been working on fixing this so I can start taking short strolls outside. The heat is currently my limiting factor.

I have been doing a little bit of reading and a whole lot of writing whilst I am a couch recovery potato, and so I am finding ways to be productive. Not that I need to be in recovery but just to stop me from mindlessly staring at the TV. My sleeping is getting better but not so good that I can just sleep the weeks away. It has also been nice to start being able to do a few simple things for myself. I still have restricted movement in my arms but now I have the energy and strength to at least move light-weighted things around. I can’t wait to stretch my arms.

I am writing a more detailed look at my surgery to share in the future. I have my second post-op appointment on this coming Tuesday and hopefully my recovery and healing continues at a good pace. 

Have a good day everyone!