Still Chugging Along

Still here.  Still on pain medicine.  Still in pain, nothing much has changed. 

I decided on Sunday to go to the mall with my mother-in-law.  Thought I could handle it.  Walked maybe half a mile to a mile on crutches and came home and collapsed until 4:00 PM after arriving home at 12:00 PM.  We were there for two hours and that was it.  It wore me out.

But we went there for me to purchase new undergarments because I’ve gained, I swear, 10 pounds, since the surgery and my chest has gotten larger.  Plus I got more PJ’s too.  But I was so sore and wore out.  I went to bed at 7:00 PM and didn’t wake up until 7:00 AM this morning!!!

Apparently I can’t force myself to do the things I used to.  I can’t go to the mall on crutches, even if I think I can.  I just can’t.  I don’t have the stamina.  Or the strength.  I just don’t. 

I called work this morning and talked the the secretary, Sylvia.  She was all like I was coming back to work next week.  I said I have 7 more weeks like this at least!  Not coming back til I heal relatively good.  She, like my Mother, thinks I will be walking way sooner then expected.  But Dr. Murawski said AT LEAST 8 weeks, no weight bearing!!

We are still receiving food from church and visits from co-workers.  My co-teacher, Diana, and my other friend Maria,from work, came and visited me on Friday and brought dinner.  Yum!  And it was a lot of fun too.  They miss me, and i miss them. 

I plan on going to the trip to St. Louis for Todd’s Seminary classes from Friday, October 5th thru October 13th.  I HOPE I can manage this.  Joan, my mother-in-law, will come with us to help care for Todd and I.  She’s been a HUGE help.  I couldn’t imagine doing all this on my own and not being able to.  So she’s helped out a lot, and I wouldn’t have gotten as far in healing without her here.  I thank God for her.