Long Walk
My husband has gone out of town for nine days.
My dear neighbors came by to check up on me (I'd been alone for four hours!) and suggested we take a walk.
So I leashed up the dog and we went on a walk, down the hill, around to the main drag by our house and then, because I live in the hills, we tackled the "stairs" which the city built for pedestrians instead of going up the windy hill, you can take five flights of concrete stairs.
I took them two at a time! And though I was winded at the top, I was always winded at the top of the stairs.
I feel pretty good today. I've got a little muscle tug over on my left lower ab, but that's been there for a couple of days. I'm also a little worried because I sometimes get a slight pain when I void my bladder. I don't know if it's an indication of a UTI or just something normal. So, because it's the weekend, I've started taking megadoses of cranberry extract and I'm trying to up my fluid intake.
It's so hard to differentiate between what a normal little pain that comes with healing and what indicates a problem. I have a very high tolerance for pain, so sometimes I worry that I ignore signs that mean something.
I'm going to go visit at another neighbor who also works in my office later today. She'll fill me in on all the poop that I've been missing with the political stuff going on at our company (it merged with another company a week after my surgery so I've been a little worried about my job).
Any questions or feedback? Feel free to email me.
Posted by Elizabeth M. on September 4, 2004 01:10 PM
