Back Blogging

Again, I apologize for my conspicuous lack of activity on the blog lately. Not having functional internet up in the apartment here is killing me.

I'm not going to offer a day-by-day update. When you are recovering from major surgery, everything blends together from a drug-induced haze into an indistinguishable monotony. So, there's not a lot that is very remarkable, except to say that I'm improving everyday. I seem to have plateaued a bit now, but that's just because the differences from day to day aren't quite so remarkable. Still, I've somehow made the transition from a very, very delicate and non-motile individual to a delicate and motile person.

Though my abdomen is still quite distended for my taste, it really has come down quite a bit. My major pain now centers on some weird deep muscle pain in my leg/groin that just happens to land right underneath some newfound cutaneous numbness in my L1/L2 dermatomes. I'm not sure what the muscle pain is about, but the numbness is almost certainly from cut cutaneous nerves or them just mucking around in that general area back there. The numbness doesn't bother me so much as the pain, though I do hope that both resolve. The other major discomfort that I have is from lying down or rolling over in bed. Basically, I can feel my intestines move inside me, and I do NOT like it. It sends a jolt of pain/sensation all the way up into my jaw, like nails on a chalkboard. I've been trying to stretch to alleviate this muscle pain. Well, last night I bent over to touch my toes, and my intestines decided that they would go along for the ride and say hello to my diaphragm. Needless to say, I was not pleased.

Other than that, life continues on. Mom and Gary left yesterday. I was very sad to see them go. Gary's presence is always so calming. And Mom has been the best Mom in the whole world throughout this. She has been my everything. Cooking, worrying, doing generally everything. I'll never be able to do enough to thank her for this one. Dad just came back today, so I'm happy to see him. I'm looking forward to traveling home with him. I trust no one to make the journey easier for me than him. And through all of the comings and goings of my family, Teresa has been a constant fixture. Besides continuing to work, she's gone out of her way to make my life as fun and happy as possible through all of this. Her family, particularly J. Lyons and T (her grandparents), have just been so great too. We go down to the house for dinner, and they join us in the apartment for dinner. We have the greatest conversations. I just love it here so much. I can't imagine going through this without the gift of their apartment and their company.

And to everyone that isn't here. Thank you again for your continued support. All of the cards, gifts, love, notes, calls, etc. are so, so appreciated.