Post Surgery

So the healing process of the surgery has been interesting.   I got home from the hospital in the wee hours of Tuesday morning and I stayed home from SLI on Tuesday.  It was great to spend most of the day sleeping to start off the recovery process.   I was instructed by the doctor not to drive until I can completely turn my upper torso side to side with no pain, not to lift anything heavy for a few weeks and to take it easy and get lots of rest.  Hahaha, what a joke.... I've had a really hard time keeping to that.  So, okay,  I did go to SLI on Wednesday and didn't take my painkillers until Wednesday evening, and Thursday I went ahead and got my allergy shots after class, and Friday I helped set of for the Divine Conference (Bryan gave me some easier things to do which I was very thankful for, though I didn't like it because it felt like I was basically doing nothing - just walking around doing nothing hurt).  I did stay home from church Wednesday night though - it was great to get a little extra rest in there.  I was planning on serving in the Pre/Kin class, but the leader made it clear that I should not come in and get some rest, so I did.    Friday night was the start of the women's Divine Conference and Daniel and I were serving in the Resource Center after the first session, our "shift" started at 9:00 pm.   After things started dying down a bit, we got to help clean up for the next day.  

One thing I really don't like about this whole thing is I'm not allowed to drive.  I love driving.  Driving energizes me.   It is so much fun.....   though it is nice to be able to get a half an hour of sleep extra to and from the church by riding with Daniel vs driving.   Anyways, after serving Friday night we got home about 1:00 am.  We prayed and asked God to give us a good rest and extra energy for serving on Saturday, and Praise God, He did.   When I got home, I crashed - I was out within 5 minutes - which is unusual, for it normally takes me 15-30 at least to fall asleep.  Saturday morning we left at 7:20 am.  Daniel and I were serving in the kitchen all morning and until 2:00 pm.   During this period is where I did a bit more of things I probably shouldn't of done.   Including, lifting a ton of 24-packs of water bottles and such, pushing a huge cart of at least fourteen 24-packs of water plus more than a dozen 24-packs of lemonade or something.  Thank goodness Bryan showed up just then to help me.  Still, it was more weight than I should of lifted.  All throughout the weekend I did things like this.   They hurt a little bit to lift, but I tried to ignore the pain - I now am thinking that was not so smart of  an idea.  

Saturday afternoon I was on camera's for the afternoon session, then more clean up, then camera's for the evening session followed by more clean up.  We left about 10:20 pm.  I, again crashed as soon as I got home and was out within 5 minutes - Praise God!

Sunday morning I left at 7:45 am. I decided to drive myself- since I had to leave a half an hour early and Daniel was going somewhere after church.   Saturday night, I tried to turn to both sides and was able to do it without too much pain.  However - I think all the things that I've done the past few days that I shouldn't of done, are now catching up with me.   I noticed all day that I'm hurting a lot more.  Yes, I also didn't take a ibuprofen, like I have been taking since the surgery - but I've been fading myself off of those.   Either way, I worked to hard for what my weak body should of and I have a lot more pain today - I think I'll try to take it a bit easier the next few days.

Also, since the surgery I am noticing how much of everyday activities use that part of my body.  For example, putting on socks and shoes.   I would of never of thought that the lower torso of my body was used much at all for putting on socks and shoes, but I cannot do it the normal way without extreme pain now.  I am slowly finding slightly less painful ways to do these things.   Praise God!