Steps in the right direction.
May. 23rd, 2013 04:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lighterthanairLittle by little, everything's getting better. The staples have been removed from my incision, and of the 11 of them, only 2 hurt to have taken out. The small sore near the end of the incision is healing nicely, thanks to thrice-daily applications of rubbing alcohol and a prescription for antibiotics. I still need painkillers, but I seem to be going longer each day before I need another dose, even if it's just an extra half hour. I'm getting better mobility. I'm sleeping more comfortably. And while the incision still twinges and hurts like merry hell toward the end of the day (my strength can only run for so long, after all), every day gets a little bit easier.
Considering my still-abysmal hemoglobin levels, I'm pretty damn pleased with the way I'm recovering.
I'm still taking it easy, of course. Most of the day, I lie or sit on the couch, reading and watching shows on Netflix (right now I'm trying to finish up the last season of Fringe). I get up and wander around a lot, though, so that I don't stiffen up and so that I can at least get a little bit of exercise, even if it isn't much. I'm apparently not supposed to go for any walks outside for a week (according to the patient discharge guide I was given), but I cheated and walked about 100 feet down the street and back yesterday, just to get some fresh air. It tired me out, though, and made the incision ache by the time I'd gotten home. Guess I can see why that guideline's in place after all... It's surprisingly easy to walk inside compared to outside, and it's one of those distinctions I didn't quite appreciate until now. Outside, even relatively even ground isn't as even as a tile floor, and there are little swells and bumps in the sidewalk, and more things to contend with when a body is healing than you often notice. Funny, what we don't think about that becomes so important later on.
I've been on a Harry Potter rereading kick since I got back, too, and just started the third book today. I might take a break after I'm finished it, though; too many review copies piling up again, and I really ought to make some headway on them instead of letting myself get slack with rereads. That's what I used to do all the time before I started doing book reviews. I'd read new things, but not nearly so many, and I'd often stick with many of the same tried-and-true novels I knew I'd like and knew wouldn't disappoint me. I don't want to fall back in that rut again.
Especially because I have so much time on my hands, being home alone for most of the day, and what else can I do but read when I can't move around too much?
Next week, though, I hope to be able to sit up for long enough at a time to start writing reviews again, so I can catch up on that backlog. I still have about 20 books read that need reviews written; if I can even write 1 a day next week and stagger them being posted, I'll have some content set up for a while in case I backslide or don't feel like writing much else for a week after that.
Other than that, not much has really been going on since my release from the hospital. (Well worth an update post, yes?)
Considering my still-abysmal hemoglobin levels, I'm pretty damn pleased with the way I'm recovering.
I'm still taking it easy, of course. Most of the day, I lie or sit on the couch, reading and watching shows on Netflix (right now I'm trying to finish up the last season of Fringe). I get up and wander around a lot, though, so that I don't stiffen up and so that I can at least get a little bit of exercise, even if it isn't much. I'm apparently not supposed to go for any walks outside for a week (according to the patient discharge guide I was given), but I cheated and walked about 100 feet down the street and back yesterday, just to get some fresh air. It tired me out, though, and made the incision ache by the time I'd gotten home. Guess I can see why that guideline's in place after all... It's surprisingly easy to walk inside compared to outside, and it's one of those distinctions I didn't quite appreciate until now. Outside, even relatively even ground isn't as even as a tile floor, and there are little swells and bumps in the sidewalk, and more things to contend with when a body is healing than you often notice. Funny, what we don't think about that becomes so important later on.
I've been on a Harry Potter rereading kick since I got back, too, and just started the third book today. I might take a break after I'm finished it, though; too many review copies piling up again, and I really ought to make some headway on them instead of letting myself get slack with rereads. That's what I used to do all the time before I started doing book reviews. I'd read new things, but not nearly so many, and I'd often stick with many of the same tried-and-true novels I knew I'd like and knew wouldn't disappoint me. I don't want to fall back in that rut again.
Especially because I have so much time on my hands, being home alone for most of the day, and what else can I do but read when I can't move around too much?
Next week, though, I hope to be able to sit up for long enough at a time to start writing reviews again, so I can catch up on that backlog. I still have about 20 books read that need reviews written; if I can even write 1 a day next week and stagger them being posted, I'll have some content set up for a while in case I backslide or don't feel like writing much else for a week after that.
Other than that, not much has really been going on since my release from the hospital. (Well worth an update post, yes?)