Days 28-30

Sorry, it's been getting harder to do daily posts. Brad was in Iowa over an extended weekend, during which time I wasn't feeling the greatest so I wasn't on the computer much. By Sunday I did feel decent enough to go out to an early birthday dinner for my dad, which I handled pretty easily. I hadn't ridden in a car for awhile, and found that the bumps that at one time really irritated my back produced no pain or discomfort so that was a positive.

This week I'm working FT from home, but tomorrow (Wednesday) and Thursday I am going to try to go in to work from 10am to 3pm to see how things go. I have permission to wear my comfy sweat pants and sweaters for a few weeks since I'm still swollen from the surgery and quite frankly, I've worn business clothes before too soon after a surgery and it can cause a great deal of pain. I'm excited to be back in the office, able to talk with people, and have some sort of normalcy back. I'm to the point where I'm really getting bummed being around the house all of the time by myself.

While the surgical pain has really gone away these last few days, the musculoskeletal pain in my legs and arms is back. Yes, the same kind of pain I had before the surgery, which I was hoping the surgery would cure. I'm not panicking, and I don't want anyone else to either. I still have that nickel IVC filter in me, which I'll have for another month. I'm working with my surgeon's office to come up with a plan of attack medication-wise (as that's all they can do for now) that will help me deal with the pain better. Last night I had a three-hour attack that was just horrible, and so bad that I contemplated going to the ER until I realized there was nothing they could do for me. After all, what exactly would I be diagnosed with or "cured" by? I'm guessing the blood transfusion I had during the surgery, combined with the drugs and anesthesia helped make that pain go away short term, but now my body has adjusted - it's been four weeks - and I'm back to where I was before. Well, almost. I would say that my spine is the best it's been in years, and that's going back long before I had any of the other surgeries. My spine health is currently in the "success" category.

So that's what's going on with me. Daily updates are getting harder, but I'll definitely continue to post updates. I continue to thank you all for your supportive messages and prayers. I've been slowly writing everyone back...I'll get caught up one of these days!