Friday, November 19, 2010

16 Days Post-Op: I have to constantly remind myself I just had surgery.

It's been 4 days since I came home.

Every day is a huge improvement.. I think to myself: "I feel ok! there's now way I could feel better".. and them BAM! I feel better the next day. hahaha

I'm relieved to be speaking this way. I'm been blessed with a successful surgery so far. Sometimes I forget I even had surgery... but don't take this the wrong way.. feeling well works against you! You get too comfortable sometimes and forget you had spine surgery two weeks ago. You forget about the proper way of getting in bed, and then BAM, you get some pain. Good thing the pain is minimal and is relieved after a minute of bedrest. But from now on, my mentality is: AVOID "I WISH I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT" SITUATIONS.

So, overall things are going really well. I just wish I had a pool around here. Hydrotherapy is a big part of recovery, and i'm not doing the one thing the surgeon recommended. Today i'm looking for a local pool!