Post-Op

The first three days after surgery, I think the doc gave me some really strong pills, cause I was sleeping practically every day, for almost every hour. It was pretty rough at first, because I couldn't lift anything, comb or tie up my hair, or dress up properly (still having a bit of trouble, but just slowly doing it bit by bit). I really feel like a disabled person. I think if I fractured a limb, at least I'll still manage more by being able to make use of the non-disabled side. But in this case, my injury's connected to my upper torso which means it's tough to even manoevre and scratch your back or turn around. You have to just move like a robot. And I feel weird sleeping on my back, cause for all these years, I've never done that. Definitely something I've been trying to get used to. I was sleeping sooo much for the first three days, that the only movie I watched from my comp with my friend was 21, which was really good I have to say. Not really about gambling... kinda like counting... hee hee!

At the moment, staying at my friend's and she's been sooo sweet and such a great carer who I think will make an awesome mum and nurse. Hee!! She wakes earlier just for me and makes my breakfast every day before she heads off for uni. She also puts aside the pills I need to take, makes sure my ice packs are cold enough and I've got the essential blankets, etc... I feel sooo bad for the way she's taking care of me that I'm gonna treat her to a really awesome dinner after this. But of course, it'll have to be after exams - we have exams around the same time... Another friend of mine, M, also helped pre-surgery by reassuring me, helping me to get my pills from the pharmacy, etc... so I'll be giving her that dinner too. I just thank God for such awesome friends!! I really never expected that they'd actually do all this, especially since I've only known them since Jan this year.

Sleeping patterns - on Mon, can't believe how much I slept. I woke up at 7:30am wanting my pain killers and I think J must have heard my difficulty getting up, because she got up to get them for me. Did I already say she's been awesome? Then I went back to bed and woke at about 10:30am to have my other pills. Started watching Forgetting Sarah Marshall which was really nice. Love those girly type flicks, but not too girly of course, if you know what I mean. At about 12 something after the movie, had a bit of lunch - couldn't find anything to eat cause J was at uni and she thought I'd wake at about 12... but woke really early and had already finished my food for breakfast... so anywayz, I just had plain bread and my pills. Then I went to bed and didn't get up until about 9pm when J was already home with din. She cooked fried rice for me. It's a strange thing... after eating a lot of crackers, sandwiches and biscuits, all of a sudden, fried rice tastes like Wow! And yeah, I know... It'll have to be many big dinners for J. Hee!!

On Tues, I didn't sleep a lot... woke early, but not that early - just a bit after 9am... did the usual - breakfast and pills. Managed to watch Aquamarine which was a really girly girly type flick, but something light for the brain... And also watched the Water Horse which was soooo sad, I have to admit it made me cry. Then there was a power failure in J's place... My comp was on the entire day and I only had about an hour and a half on my batt left. So I did one of my Stat pract quizzes. Also read up on my a-c-o-u-s-t-i-c-s assignment. Finished all that... so yeah, it felt quite productive. Later in the evening, the power came back on and I just surfed the Net and it was to bed.

The hardest things about post-op is getting up and lying down on the bed when waking and going to bed (it hurts whenever I get up/lie down), but also showering and changing... It takes me so long to shower and change cause I have all these ointments for cleaning the wound.

The things I miss - combing and tying up my hair, plus driving. I can't drive for at least 12 days... and the doc advices me not to take public transport as people will bump me around... so I have to resort to cabs here which are efficient but really really expensive!

Today, will sleep for a bit... can't believe I woke at about 8:30am... just had my pills and going back to bed now. It's cold today, so it'll be nice to sleep. Might wake a little later, have lunch and continue with my assignment. By the way, I managed to get an extension for the assignment till Mon...