Medical status update: resting comfortably

[annathepiper]

Had my first followup appointment with Dr. McMillan today, and that went well; she says that all of my incision areas look great, and the skin seems to be a healthy color all over. It is strange to me to look down and see a chest that's closer to the right shape again; I'd just gotten used to seeing one big one and one missing. Now I've got one mid-sized one, and one that looks sort of lopsided but is at least in the ballpark.

I was able to lose two of the three remaining drains, which was a relief. Carrying three of those things around in a little fanny pack was quite annoying; it made me feel like a badly assembled android with parts and tubes hanging out. ("You has tubes!" solarbird said to me this morning. "I am the Internetz!" I replied.) Don't get me wrong. Intellectually I appreciate that medical science has advanced enough to send a patient home a couple of days after major surgery, loaded up on pain meds and antibiotics and drain thingies that can be managed by a loved one. That's all fabulous. It is also, however, annoying.

The remaining one is tucked into my bra, now that I have some things I can tuck it between. And the bra is helpful, too. I'm still quite swollen all over so my previous bras still fit; it'll be a bit before everything stabilizes and I'll have to think about buying new bras.

Overall I am doing fairly well. Lots of sleeping, with or without cats; lots of TV watching; some reading as attention and coherence permit. I've actually managed to work my way through two months' worth of balancing the checkbook, though it took me quite a bit longer than usual to pull that off. mamishka has been over a couple of times, which is always a pleasure, and got me caught up on True Blood, the new HBO series based on the Sookie Stackhouse books. I'm liking it so far; more on this in another post. And I watched the disc of Agatha Christie's Poirot that janne sent me a while back; I enjoyed that quite a bit. Thanks again, Janne!

Comments

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

it took me the longest time to figure out that that teevee show was based on that set of books! (i have read some of the books, have not seen the show -- do you like it?)

it's that example that makes me think my werewolf novel is not so much worse than things that get published ;) (not an insult, i enjoyed the first two or three books, just didn't keep up with the series.)

[prettyshrub.livejournal.com]

*HUGS*

*MORE HEALING MOJO*

Will you be up for GBS on the first?

[ellerisse.livejournal.com]

You understand, of course, that there are very few of us in the world who would look at some sick or post-op stay-at-home days and say, 'Ah, I think I'll balance the checkbook.' ;) But congrats on that, and happy healing! :)

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Yay nearly-tubeless Anna! And *chuckle* the things women store there... :)

And, yes, David Suchet *rocks* as the little Belgian. Much much more so than the Peter Ustinov versions ABC made back when we were kids. But then again, this is the Beeb, which brings us Who and such like....

And I wouldn't wish the circumstances on you for the world, but yay Getting Stuff Done...

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

Yay healing up!

[starfallz.livejournal.com]

*huuuuuuugs*