Taking it easy

[annathepiper]

I am, hands down, no questions asked, in better shape post-surgery this year than I was post-surgery last year. I went out this morning with solarbird to run several errands, and not only did I make it all the way through the morning, I didn't get queasy or anything as happened to me several times trying to have similar outings last year. Granted, I pulled this off mostly by virtue of drowsing in the car between all our stops as well as getting a tasty smoothie for purposes of self-fuel, and I zonked out on the couch as soon as I got home, but I'll take what I can get!

The good news, anyway, is that my calcium levels are looking good. My surgeon's assistant called this afternoon about the results of the blood draw they did this morning, and I get to back off taking one of the meds they had given me: the Calcitriol. I'm still chugging calcium tablets like candy and will be until next week; we'll be checking my calcium levels again when I go back in to have the stitches out.

When I got home I napped a lot, and I finished off Visions in Death, and played some Nethack. I took a walk down to the mailbox, partly to check for rejection letters (of which there were none) and partly just to see if I could walk that far without incident (which I could). I changed the cat box. And I napped some more. It's been a pleasantly lazy day, and I've managed to get by with fairly minimal Percocet, too.

Tonight there has been pad thai, though less than I would normally eat as my system's not quite back up to speed with the regular eating thing. And I think there will be quite a bit of Nethack.

Days without a rejection letter from Luna: 91
Days without a rejection letter from Nadia Cornier: 73
Thursday miles: 0.1
Miles out of Hobbiton: 319.4
Miles to Rivendell: 138.6

Comments

[technosage.livejournal.com]

Yay! You are well. :) So glad to see you posting, and walking even a little bit.

Many hugs -- though gentle ones.

[annathepiper]

I don't know if I'd say "well" yet, but definitely on the good side of "convalescent". :) And yeah, I wanted to try at least a little walking, just to make sure that I could! I will try more tomorrow.

[technosage.livejournal.com]

How's it going? Haven't read flist yet - been writing fic like a mad fiend, LMAO, but wanted to check in on you.

*hugs*

[annathepiper]

Kinda wiped by yesterday--overdid it a bit with too much walking. So I'm taking it extra easy today.

Writing at least a few words, though my attention span is shot and I haven't been able to focus on any one thing for a long period of time.

*hugs back!* Thanks for checking in! :) Much appreciated.

[technosage.livejournal.com]

Must be catching up on the flist. Am very behind. Checking in again... are you well? Are you writing?

*hugs* Thinking of you.

[annathepiper]

*snugs!* Thank you!

Back from NASFiC, at which I mostly spent a lot of quiet time getting caught up on sleep and helping solarbird with the convention's daily newsletter. But I did actually also get a bit of writing done, though I've been posting that under my writing filter. :)

A post later will be forthcoming about what bits of the con I actually saw!

[irysangel.livejournal.com]

Ooh, pad thai! Yum! (must pick some up this weekend)

Glad to hear you're feeling good, though! Yay! And wow, that's a long time to not hear back from Luna -- I'm betting some editor is considering it. ;)

[annathepiper]

Pad thai is indeed yum. :)

And I HOPE some editor is considering it, given that I sent the manuscript directly to one of the assistant editors there! :)

[sarekofvulcan.livejournal.com]

Cool. Get well soon!

BTW, have I tried to get you addicted to the version of Settlers of Catan at http://www.s3dconnector.net/ yet? :-)

[annathepiper]

Working on it!

And nope, you haven't! I'll have to pass, though. :)

[flashfire.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

Go you! You sound VERY good for so soon after surgery.

[annathepiper]

Thanks! :)

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you're doing great! No worries about CascadiaCon. :) I am curious though - what's up with all the calcium? Why is that so important?

[annathepiper]

The thing about the calcium seems to be involved with my parathyroids. They are in charge of regulating calcium, and pumping lots of calcium into my system is to make sure they haven't fallen over off the job thanks to the trauma of my thyroid being taken out. This is apparently a risk when one has no thyroid.

And yeah, I think I'll be up for the con at this point, perhaps even a bit more than 'sitting quietly around typing', though I expect to do a lot of that anyway. :)

[hederahelix.livejournal.com]

I obviously didn't even know you virtually at the time of your last surgery, but I'm glad things are going more smoothly this time around. Hang in there, and enjoy Nethack (wizard needs video games post surgery badly!).

[annathepiper]

I'm still physically weak, but much more mentally alert... it's such a relief. :) It's making me feel good about being up for going to CascadiaCon next week, that's for sure! Thanks for the well-wishes! :)

And indeed, I have been enjoying Nethack, though damned if I'm doing very well. It's been a while since I last played, so I've been sucking! ;) (Also, YAY that you actually know what Nethack is! I have to explain it to people sometimes...)

[cafiorello.livejournal.com]

Glad you're doing so well!
Cathy

[annathepiper]

So are Dara and I! I'm starting to feel hopeful about having enough energy to handle CascadiaCon, next week! :)

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

Good news indeed.

Gina

[annathepiper]

Yep! And today I got a nice phone call from the hospital, following up with me just to make sure I'm okay. That was unexpected and pleasant. :)