Surgery Recuperating

(This is a boring update on my two weeks of recovery from surgery. Nothing very interesting going on here.)

The last two weeks have been not quite what I expected them to be. I thought that after the surgery it would take me about two or three days to recuperate and then I would be able to catch up on life while still resting. Do some reading, writing, organize paper work that hasn't been done in way too long, send out my thank you cards from the wedding. It would a restful, recupperating, productive two weeks.

However, I've been a little frustrated at the fact that it didn't turn out that way. I guess I wasn't expecting the surgery to be so rough on me. I wasn't expecting the anesthetics to have such nasty lasting affects on me. I wasn't expecting the pain from the four little cuts and the discomfort not being able to move would do. I'm glad the surgery is done, but I'd rather not have to go through that again. I kept telling myself that a gallstone attack was worse pain than all of this and it seemed alright!

For the first week I couldn't even get out of bed basically and slept through most of it. Last week if I tried doing anything productive, after a little while of doing work I ended up having to rest and sleep for the rest of the day. I didn't catch up on life, other than the cards that are almost done! My house is a mess, even though Jeremy did wash the floors and do a lot of dishes. I have to start work again on Wednesday/Thursday and I haven't done most of what I wanted to do.

But, I guess that's what sick leave is about. If I could do stuff I should be working. So, at least I haven't felt like I'm taking unnecessary sick days or guilty about telling people they can't come over. I'm surprised how two weeks in church life has felt like a really long time as I tried not to do anything. I'm hopefully ready to get back into it and ready to tackle the challenges ahead of me.

Anyhow, I just thought I would give a little update to those wondering how things are going. I hope you all enjoy the new week ahead of us!