A Bit Tired

At the moment I'm a bit tired. Mentally, I'm quite sharp (which means I can blog) but physically I'm wiped.

I took my husband's car into the shop to have a tire replaced. It was a rather long drive (about 40 minutes) and instead of using a pillow this time, I put a folded up bath towel between the seat belt and my incision site. That allowed me more range of movement but still protected my belly.

The good news is that bumpy roads don't seem to bother me at all anymore. Traffic is exhausting, but that's not really anything new. I'm also not accustomed to driving my husband's car, as it's radically different than mine, so that always throws me a bit. But now with his working again, I can use mine (he'd been driving mine - he's so busy with work and taking care of me, he didn't have time to take it in).

While waiting the 90 minutes for the car, I tried sitting in the nice waiting area, but found the chairs not quite suited to the way I wanted to sit. So I took a walk down the street - two blocks down to a coffee place and got a non-fat latte and then up and around two blocks past the car place to make a nice big loop. Walking seemed more comfortable than sitting for some reason, which is a huge change as walking before made my incision site hurt.

This is such a good sign that I think I'm going to start working out on the treadmill a few times a week to try to get back in shape. Not that I've gone so far out of shape in just three weeks, but hell, I want to look my best when I go back to work (and I'd like to fit back into my old work clothes).

The incision is healing nicely, though it won't show in the photos, the lumpy ridge at the top of the incision seems to be going a way. I don't know if that was pooled blood or scar tissue or just swelling, but it's going away. The feeling seems to be coming back as well. Of course that leads to more pinchy/itching feelings, but I've been putting oil and neosporin on it and doing a little light rubbing/massage to help it along.

Any questions or feedback? Feel free to email me.

Posted by Elizabeth M. on August 26, 2004 6:28 PM