Don't the screws look huge:
My dad said they look longer than the screws holding up his house. :)
I'm trying my best to completely wean off the last pain med. Recently I decide to skip the 1 pill a day I'm down to but ended up waking at 1a really hurting. I took 1/2 a pill and it helped a lot. So now I'm down to 1/2 a pill per day and look forward to ending this cycle soon.
I realized recently how much of my days/nights preop were spent in bed because of pain vs. life postop. Preop days were comprised of me laying day every afternoon at 1p until about 3p or 4p, up for dinner then back in bed by 6:30p for the night. Now, I lay down for maybe 45 minutes at some point in the afternoon to stretch out, not because of pain and go to bed around 9p to watch TV until about 10:30p. My days are much more productive now that the pain is gone.
I've been walking a lot more this week; just getting lost in thoughts and losing track of steps taken. The other day I walked 4.6 miles and was completely wiped out and slept great. Lizzie and I went to the mall because I needed new jeans (I've lost 13 pounds because of the surgery). I lost Lizzie's pedometer in the dressing room and when we went back to get it, it was gone. Oops! I can't tell you how many pedometers our family has lost in the past 2 years.
Warmly,
Doreen
Those screws scared me at first too. OK, they still scare me. They looked horrible!! I like the way Lenke left that nice sway in your back. My surgeon had the rods go straight down and my back was completely flat. I had a sway about like yours. I think it's come back a bit or I've just gotten used to it.
ReplyDeleteI lost about 10 pounds in the weeks after my surgery. Then settled in at 125 in October but then the holidays came and now I'm back to my presurgery weight.
You look great!!!
My surgery is scheduled 3 months before my daughter has twins. Is that going to work? I wish I could contact you somehow for advice.
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