Where has Chris been the past 2 months? All the plans and goals and good intentions. After returning home from India and jet lag recovery, I got a phone call the beginning of February telling me that after 4 years of waiting, I had been approved for breast reduction surgery and surprise-surprise - there was a cancellation and I could have the surgery on Thurs. Do I want it? I took about 3 seconds to consider and said yes. So - the past 10 weeks have been taken up with pre-op, op and post op. Well, post op really meant driving into town nearly every day to the nurses clinic to have the dressings changed. There had been an infection and 4 weeks of antibiotics, nausea, constipation, no dairy, no sitting in the sun, no lifting my arms, getting help combing my hair and dressing, no showers. I did go to a local hair salon to get my hair shampooed. That was nice.
Turns out, the infection caused a wound that did not heal and so then yet another 4 weeks of carting around a VAC unit plugged into my left breast. I got to shower 2 hours before having it changed every 3 days, driving into town. Freedom came last week when the wound healed up enough to stop the VAC treatment and now just change the dressings every 2-3 days. This for another 2-3 weeks.
I do not play computer games any more nor do I watch more than 1-2 hours of TV per month. Sad. I know. I have been thoroughly enjoying hanging out in the SonRoom sitting around, feet up, watching the sun rise and watching it set, and reading. Reading a lot. Nearly a book a day. Some of them kindle books. Lots of blog reading. Very little writing. All of this to say, I got about 10 minutes of sewing done. I am begining to start to feel a bit ambitious. But I know better than to plan too much activity.
I have 3 book projects in the messy-first drafts stage piled up in all those storage boxes. Now to try to make sense out of all those hand written pages and make a plan to move them forward.
In 2 weeks I have an appointment to see another specialist about my hands. I can write (a page or 2) and eat (but not use a knife) and type, but I cannot manipulate needle and thread. They may offer cortisone shots. I had a couple a year ago from another doctor. That lasted about a month. And my weight is down to the lowest in 20 years. That is nice.
Today it was warm enough to go outside and rake some of the flower beds. I made a deal with my husband. I would make piles appear (small ones) and he would make them disappear. We shall see. Oh. And no hot tub for at least another month. Looking forward to that. And the Norwegian cruise mid May with my daughter is ON.
blessings,
Chris