Katie’s Beer

It has now been three weeks since my surgery. I still have three more weeks away from the office, but lots of work to do at home. I can’t do much of it, so it is piling up. For the first time in my life, I am hiring a cleaning person. That will be really weird, but right now its necessary.

I found out something pretty amazing (to me, anyway). The 4 to 5 inch incision on my lower abdomen is my OUTER incision. There is another incision in my muscle wall that is about a foot long with hundreds of stitches. When I asked my doctor about it this week, she looked pretty surprised that I didn’t already know that. If I HAD known that, I likely wouldn’t have raked the yard on Saturday (and then spent the next two days in bed).

My guess is that I was told this after surgery. I was told many important things after surgery, like how to use my instant pain medication (IV system). I then spent the next 12 hours buzzing my nurse every hour asking for pain meds and she’d remind me to use the button in my left hand. I asked, “What button?” and she’d say, “The one in your left hand.” That was a really smart invention; let near-comatose patients administer their own pain meds. I also kept buzzing her for water, even though I had a cup of water sitting one foot in front of my face.

Sorry for the dearth of posts. The most exciting thing I can tell you is that Bob Barker is retiring this year. He mentions it every show. I love that show and have since I was a teen. It’s the highlight of my day, unfortunately. OK, I also like it when my family comes home. One day my brain will return, I think…

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