recovery

I had my surgery on Friday.  It's been two days and I'm feeling more normal now.  I half-way showered today and felt less like a bum because of it.

Having a huge gash in my neck isn't even something I worried about.  (Other thoughts occupied my pre-surgery anxious state -- like not waking up after surgery, waking-up during surgery, not being able to move my head, bleeding too much, blood clots, etc...) But, a Halloween-appropriate bandage across my neck?  Nada.  Until... we went out for lunch today.  I scurried and found a scarf to hide my gross neck.  There's just something about eating in public with an obvious blood-dried and crusty neck wound that I couldn't muster.

I must say, staying home and relaxing is a pretty good way to recover.  The best part: frequent naps and the wonderful people who help with my every need.  Today's outing for lunch was nice though to prevent me from going stir crazy.  I hope to be back to the normal routine soon.  Thanks for my mom who stayed with me for the weekend and to Guy who has been as wonderful as always.

Here's an unwanted post-op picture; you can tell, the nurse and I are not amused.

(But the wheelchair-recliner ride in the hospital was pretty awesome, especially when I was still woozy from the anesthesia).