One week out....(almost)

Well I am almost one week out from surgery. I am still in quite a bit of pain but most of it is muscle or incision pain. My back is starting to hurt because I can only sleep sitting up and I can't sit in the same position for more than 2 hours or my lung starts spasming. So every two hours I try to get up and walk around a bit.

Jeremy and I got up this morning and went for a little walk to the end of our road which isn't really far but I had to stop a couple of times to rest. The stairs in and out of our apartment kill me. It was really nice in the shade this morning. Then we came back and took showers and were lazy for a bit. Jeremy has been really helpful and actually has been cleaning the apartment since I can't do it. He cleaned the kitchen yesterday and cleaned our bedroom today. He also gets me whatever I need which is great. I'm going to miss him when he goes back to work on Thursday. Hopefully I will be ok by myself. I'm sure I will, it's just kind of scary because I know there are some things that I still can't do......

I tried to push my meds back a half hour so that I could gradually work to six hours between doses instead of 4 but I'm so much pain today. Most of it isn't surgery related-it's female related which sucks even more. I did 4 1/2 all day but I am going to take my next dose at the 4 hour mark.

When I get tired and push it, I get more pain. But at the same time I am so sick of sitting and being cooped up in the apartment. Jeremy and I went to Khol's so I could buy some tank tops with the bras in them since bra straps irritate my stitches. I walked through the store and as soon as we got home and finished dinner I took a nap. I can't wait to be myself again.