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nearly a week after surgery
Mar. 20th, 2019 06:44 amI worked from home on Monday, but only managed about 3 hours total spread over the day. Tuesday morning I wasn't being any more productive, but then at 11:00 I got an email saying that they have finished the repairs to the valve on the gas line, so I got Josie to drive me in and I ran that experiment I had set up on the 1st of March (that is how long the lab was closed this time). That took 4 hours, and while it ran I was productive on other tasks that need doing.
Because I have the association at work that if I go to the loo I do a handstand against the wall outside my corridor on the return, it was really, really hard not to do my handstands! I really wanted to. But while I have fairly good range of motion given it hasn't been a full week yet since I let them slice right through the skin of my chest and remove the bothersome stuff and then take in my skin to fit properly, I am not pushing it. Lifting arms to shoulder height no problem, but I am not yet pushing my elbows up past that level--I have no wish to open the seams!
After work I walked over to Phire practice and gave Villiam the camera that he left at my place at the party the weekend before surgery, but then I was tired so Josie came back for me, and I wound up going to bed early (about 20:15) and sleeping 10 hours. I no longer need to wear that elastic girdle like thing around my ribs when I sleep--things have healed enough that I can just roll over (still carefully) with no pain, and it has been a day and a half since I bothered with any pain meds at all (not that I ever had actual pain--only an occasional, fleeting, warning flash if I tried moving wrong).
This morning I have a meeting to help a student with her data, so Josie will drive me back in. This evening we are invited to David and Caroline's for dinner, so Josie can eat some fish with them.
Because I have the association at work that if I go to the loo I do a handstand against the wall outside my corridor on the return, it was really, really hard not to do my handstands! I really wanted to. But while I have fairly good range of motion given it hasn't been a full week yet since I let them slice right through the skin of my chest and remove the bothersome stuff and then take in my skin to fit properly, I am not pushing it. Lifting arms to shoulder height no problem, but I am not yet pushing my elbows up past that level--I have no wish to open the seams!
After work I walked over to Phire practice and gave Villiam the camera that he left at my place at the party the weekend before surgery, but then I was tired so Josie came back for me, and I wound up going to bed early (about 20:15) and sleeping 10 hours. I no longer need to wear that elastic girdle like thing around my ribs when I sleep--things have healed enough that I can just roll over (still carefully) with no pain, and it has been a day and a half since I bothered with any pain meds at all (not that I ever had actual pain--only an occasional, fleeting, warning flash if I tried moving wrong).
This morning I have a meeting to help a student with her data, so Josie will drive me back in. This evening we are invited to David and Caroline's for dinner, so Josie can eat some fish with them.