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May 16th = 6 months, but when you count the weeks it has been 26 - not 24. Anyway you count it, happy 6 month anniversary to me. I have been thinking for awhile that I wanted to celebrate someway with the girls and take them out of school to do something. I wanted to go on a hike - but the mountains are still snowy. The girls offered suggestions like - go to the bounce house, mini golf or bowling. None of those screamed relaxing celebration to me.
Just as I was going to give up on making it a special day I decided that I would SEW! Exactly what I haven't made time to do, like I had made time before my surgery. I have a few projects ready to start on this morning and I can not wait for a productive day in front of pretty fabric and projects.
I have my (iced grande 7 pump) soy chai to my side and I am going to get to sewing. I am going to pick up the girls at lunch time just to make it a little special, something different then my normal schedule. We may end up and Indian Buffet - although I would be happy with Chipotles. It will just be nice to have lunch with them. Then back home for more sewing i hope - or a run to the fancy tiger for more fabric and maybe a new pattern.
And so I can document where I am medically - I think i am back to about 90% of my regular energy/stamina level. I am good on anything quick/short (a walk or a bike ride with the girls) I can walk up hills and I can walk fast. If i have a busy - run everywhere kind of day when I don't get a break, I can really feel it that night or the next day.
I have very little numbness/tingling. Pre-surgery I would go days without having sensation in my fingers, or hands, face or lower legs. Now I might get a tingle (like my leg is asleep) and it lasts for 5 minutes. It is also something that might happen once or twice a week. I am also free to SNEEZE! A sneeze before surgery would be one of the things that would make my face or hands fall asleep. I used to try to catch them.. and I would be soo mad when I didnt and I had to have the cold sensation in my face for a day or two (just because of that sneeze)
My chronic neck pain is gone. I used to constantly be rubbing my neck and shoulders (squeezing them) to feel a little relief. The pain is in a different place now - it is a stiffness in my neck close to the base of my skull and hurts when I turn my head to fast or too far. It is not chronic or constant - because it is when i have certain movements.
Medically i can't think of much more. I am doing much better then I expected I would be doing. I saw a quote that a friend posted on facebook acouple months ago and i love it. "I take nothing for granted. I now have only good days, or great days." -Lance Armstrong
I have my (iced grande 7 pump) soy chai to my side and I am going to get to sewing. I am going to pick up the girls at lunch time just to make it a little special, something different then my normal schedule. We may end up and Indian Buffet - although I would be happy with Chipotles. It will just be nice to have lunch with them. Then back home for more sewing i hope - or a run to the fancy tiger for more fabric and maybe a new pattern.
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| * see the the hair that sticks out in the back when i put my hair up * annoying, but nothing to complain about. I am lucky to have such long thick hair. |
And so I can document where I am medically - I think i am back to about 90% of my regular energy/stamina level. I am good on anything quick/short (a walk or a bike ride with the girls) I can walk up hills and I can walk fast. If i have a busy - run everywhere kind of day when I don't get a break, I can really feel it that night or the next day.
I have very little numbness/tingling. Pre-surgery I would go days without having sensation in my fingers, or hands, face or lower legs. Now I might get a tingle (like my leg is asleep) and it lasts for 5 minutes. It is also something that might happen once or twice a week. I am also free to SNEEZE! A sneeze before surgery would be one of the things that would make my face or hands fall asleep. I used to try to catch them.. and I would be soo mad when I didnt and I had to have the cold sensation in my face for a day or two (just because of that sneeze)
My chronic neck pain is gone. I used to constantly be rubbing my neck and shoulders (squeezing them) to feel a little relief. The pain is in a different place now - it is a stiffness in my neck close to the base of my skull and hurts when I turn my head to fast or too far. It is not chronic or constant - because it is when i have certain movements.
Medically i can't think of much more. I am doing much better then I expected I would be doing. I saw a quote that a friend posted on facebook acouple months ago and i love it. "I take nothing for granted. I now have only good days, or great days." -Lance Armstrong
