Diana 1234's Journal, 18 November 2023

I'm so glad your recovery is going well!!! ❤️ You'll get back to it when the time is right. Listen to your body rather than a set date. If you still don't feel ready by that date, hold off a little longer. I know you know all of that, but it is the mother hen in me to say such things out loud. 😏  

Take it easy, if you are getting tired. I am impressed with you walking a mile. I may be doing 1/4 mile. I hate the treadmill and exercise bike. So walking outside is what I want to do. Will they take stitches out Tuesday? 

Fritzy, I was doing about 1/2 mile until yesterday. I decided to try a mile and I did take it slow. Treadmill etc aren't my favorite either. It's so boring... I take a nap almost everyday. I'm not sure if they will need to take out stitches. I vaguely remember the Dr saying something about disolving stitches but not sure. I do see the knot though. 🩷🩷 Zenus, thanks. I am trying to listen to Drs orders and also listen to my body. Today isn't starting off too great. I woke up at 130 am and only slept on and off till about 430 and finally got up. I'm pretty tired now. A nap is definitely in my future! I'm making lasagna for my wonderful Italian husband as a thank you for all he does for me He has been great! Don't really have the energy but I promised so I'll go ahead with it💜💜💜 

Geez... running on that bit of sleep is rough enough without anything else going on. I understand the promise. It's great to have a help-mate in your life! Some of us are so lucky! I hope your day improves! 💜💜💜 

Oh goodness Diana I think those Steri-Strips should come off. Here after 10 days, you can remove them. How long do they think you should keep them on??? 

I know the stitches I had when my gallbladder was removed were dissolving. It's pouring down rain right now and may rain most of the day. So no walk unless there's a break. Lasagna sounds good! 

Wifey, They are starting to curl a bit but I was told to wait 2 weeks. They told me to trim if needed. 💜 

Fritzy, we were supposed to get rain here too but so far we had only a slight downpour on Thursday. Formula 1 race is going on this weekend and it's crazy here. So many people... We stay away from Strip anyway unless we have company but even local places are crazy busy!🏎️🏎️🏎️ 

That is awesome getting a mile in and congrats on maintaining your weight. I am glad recovery is going well. Can you tell a difference with the new device? 

Diana I would still be very conservative on the upper body work, such as stretching bands. Suture lines are still pretty weak at 10 days. 

Diana, I heard the Oakland A's are moving to Vegas. So sad .I grew up in the Bay Area and remember when the A's won the world series 3 years in a row in TBE early 70's. One year I went to at least 20 games. My sister and brother in law used to have season tickets. Lucky Las Vegas! 

Kenna, no upper body per Dr until week 4. I was gonna use bands to do a squats, leg lifts, (side and back) lunges, etc. First walk on treadmill and if I'm not too tired I'll continue and use bands. 🩷 

Yea, but Fritzy, it puts a whole new spin on “going to the ball game”, wink, wink,. I’m due for a Vegas trip if I could stop having to do home repair and upkeep for a while. Something big broke three weeks in a row.. 

RPL, I don't feel any difference in new pacemaker versus old one yet. They haven't adjusted settings for sports mode yet. To soon after surgery. If I was able to get heart rate doubled then I would probably see a difference but right now the highest I've gotten my HR is to about 80. They are doing a device check in Dec or Jan and perhaps by then I can get it adjusted. 

You are doing awesome!! 

This is GREAT NEWS!!! So glad you are able to walk and begin light WOs. Inch by inch, mile by mile, you got this! 😁 

Thank you Morticia🩷🩷 Stormsgirls, Yes! I'm trying hard to take it slow but truthfully I'm bored. Patience isn't my strong suit!!😀😀 

Diana, you are so much the opposite of me in that one thing. If my doctor says "take it easy", I'm like " forever?" But even me after 3 weeks am getting bored. I emptied one of the drawers from the master bath vanity and totally cleaned it out. Have several more bathroom drawers to clean out. 

Patience is hard, I get that. I got bored during my wisdom tooth extraction!! Hang in there! :) 

so happy things are going smoothly for you