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jbaileyMore updates:
* I can now walk to the mailbox on my own, and I only need to rest once on the way.
* I'm generally leaving the walker alone. It causes me more grief than it solves.
* I feel confident making the three steps up and down the balcony - which is good because the main doors are still too heavy for me.
* I've had a shower. I smell much better.
* We're starting to take visitors now - Jim and Sarah were here last night, Andrew and Sarah are coming tonight. It'll be nice to feel a little less isolated.
* I haven't spoken to my dad in a couple of days, but they were still scheduling his angiogram when I last spoke to him. All the walking and stuff that I've been doing means that I'm spending the balance of my day sleeping, so hopefully I'll catch up later today.
At this point, I'll probably post updates a lot less frequently, because it feels like the initial touch-and-go part is done. I'm looking forward to being off the steroids, and slowly spacing out the medications and such, but we're just in that zone where I'm getting up and around and am just waiting for lifting restrictions and such to be removed.
In the last few days, I've managed to sort out the various school extensions I need, the short term disability paperwork, the DMV disabled sticker paperwork, and all that.
Phone calls are much appreciated - the number is in my Orkut and Facebook profiles, it gives me a chance to interact with people and I'm starting to worry that I have too much time and am bothering the ones I talk to al the time. I'm still quite behind on emails, mostly because typing on the blackberry gets to be a bit much after a while.
I suspect I'm about to go into that annoying phase of recovery where nothing is urgent anymore, and we're coping, but we go stir-crazy because I'm not actually better enough to interact with the world yet and Angie still has to do almost everything for me. Any suggestions on making that part of the recovery suck less are appreciated! I've watched it a pile of times, but everyone seems to forget about it (including the people going through it).
Sunrise is 7:11 here this morning, I think I'll try to sit outside for it.
* I can now walk to the mailbox on my own, and I only need to rest once on the way.
* I'm generally leaving the walker alone. It causes me more grief than it solves.
* I feel confident making the three steps up and down the balcony - which is good because the main doors are still too heavy for me.
* I've had a shower. I smell much better.
* We're starting to take visitors now - Jim and Sarah were here last night, Andrew and Sarah are coming tonight. It'll be nice to feel a little less isolated.
* I haven't spoken to my dad in a couple of days, but they were still scheduling his angiogram when I last spoke to him. All the walking and stuff that I've been doing means that I'm spending the balance of my day sleeping, so hopefully I'll catch up later today.
At this point, I'll probably post updates a lot less frequently, because it feels like the initial touch-and-go part is done. I'm looking forward to being off the steroids, and slowly spacing out the medications and such, but we're just in that zone where I'm getting up and around and am just waiting for lifting restrictions and such to be removed.
In the last few days, I've managed to sort out the various school extensions I need, the short term disability paperwork, the DMV disabled sticker paperwork, and all that.
Phone calls are much appreciated - the number is in my Orkut and Facebook profiles, it gives me a chance to interact with people and I'm starting to worry that I have too much time and am bothering the ones I talk to al the time. I'm still quite behind on emails, mostly because typing on the blackberry gets to be a bit much after a while.
I suspect I'm about to go into that annoying phase of recovery where nothing is urgent anymore, and we're coping, but we go stir-crazy because I'm not actually better enough to interact with the world yet and Angie still has to do almost everything for me. Any suggestions on making that part of the recovery suck less are appreciated! I've watched it a pile of times, but everyone seems to forget about it (including the people going through it).
Sunrise is 7:11 here this morning, I think I'll try to sit outside for it.
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Date: 2008-03-20 01:48 pm (UTC)It's snowing here again. You guys are missing the silliest winter ever. I'm so envious of your sunshine (though it was nice on Tuesday when I went to the botanical gardens).
I've not had experience with surgery recovery either for me or my partner, so I'm not sure how to make that almost-better-but-not-quite stage go easier. Maybe try to have a number of activities you can handle on your own so you don't get so bored (drawing, music, puzzles, reading, etc) ?
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Date: 2008-03-21 05:42 pm (UTC)Other things which might be okay under your lifting restrictions might include planting some small plant or flower seeds, a chia pet? (see if it's hair grows faster than yours!) and "kid" fun like puzzles and coloring, clay, simple crafts? The hospital also bought in specially trained pets to visit with patients which I thought was pretty cool for a hospital.
good luck!
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