”You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” – Dr. Suess
Before I start this short post I want to take this time to do a shout out to all my family, friends, coworkers, and church members who have been praying for me through this whole process and continue the prayers for me. Without a support group, God, and the prayers I have nothing. I love and appreciate each and everyone of them.
So the surgeries are just about two weeks apart. I am home now resting and taking care in between. My restrictions are no bending over, and lifting no more than 5 or so pounds. Plus I can’t drive. I taught myself how to do laundry with a grabber so that I wasn’t totally helpless. I did have a good friend who brought me meals and also helped with a few home chores. My son helped with the dog. My biggest issue was a horrible sore throat especially at night after I’ve been asleep for a bit. I think during my whole month off work I went through three boxes of popsicles. At one week out from being home a good friend asked if I wanted to go see a movie and have lunch so that I can get out of the house. I did and it went well. Of course though when she got me back home I needed a nap because it wore me out. I was still having very little pain which was just at the incision sites so it was just minimal. Tylenol helped keep that in check. I was just anxiously awaiting DBS stage 2 surgery. Stay tuned for more…