Three Week Status Report
Wow. Three weeks flies when you're mostly unconscious for two-thirds of it!
Just a quick word on how I'm doing. True to what the doctors had told me to expect, I feel MUCH better after these first three weeks, and I'm now at the part that just takes time and patience. The rest of the improvements will take considerably longer than the progress I've made up until now - but they will eventually happen. The good news is the risk of dangerous complications and the serious pain are behind me. In other words, the anxiety is over - and the true boredom is just beginning!
A noteworthy milestone: I rode in a car long enough to get to my mother's house in Port Washington, and I made it through an Easter Sunday visit with my extended family. It was so great to see everyone - and the kids all heeded their parents - having all been told they had to stay very quiet ;) Also, they thought my scar was totally cool.
I will admit, I am still wiped out from this exertion, but I'm glad I went. My Aunt Mary's potato salad alone was worth the effort.
A funny aside (funny weird, not funny ha-ha). When I awoke on Sunday morning I already had a headache - worse than the one I typically have these days. I was trying to pinpoint the cause so I could avoid repeating the behavior. When my sister in law arrived at my mom's house she had an explanation. (For those who don't know, my brother's wife, Clementina, also had brain surgery about five years ago. The hospital joked that the next one in our family is free.) She too had awoken with a headache on Sunday - and it turns out that when changes in weather patterns occur, it brings on the headache. I'm sure it has something to do with rising and falling barometric pressure or something. Maybe Clementina and I can get a show on the Weather Channel.
Unfortunately, I haven't personally noticed any post-surgical superpowers yet, but Clementina always knows when it's going to rain. Her scar itches the day before. My brother, the golfer, finds this very useful.
