Really brief update

[annathepiper]

I'm out of the hospital now and at Murkworks South, the old house... solarbird and spazzkat came to get me from the hospital and are about to take me to Murkworks North to recover as most of our furniture is there now, and the animals as well.

I may or may not have net access over the next couple of days, due to our having to wait for the new DSL modem to arrive. I will try to call my backup account on drizzle.com and get mail that way, though, so y'all feel free to email me anyway even if I don't answer it fast.

I will post a more detailed update as I get back to my own computer. gerimaple and other GBS/OKP folks, please feel free to relay up to the OKP that I'm okay, just kinda groggy, and greatly appreciate get-well-vibes. :)

More later...

Comments

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

*hugs and hugs and hugs*! Glad the surgery went well. *hugs*! Get well soon! *thinks good thoughts for you*!

[annathepiper]

*hugs a Kit and Kitlings* Thanks. :) I have a wicked cool looking scar now... spazzkat thinks we should take a picture of it.

[avram]

Just posted this over in a comment in Solarbird's journal:

Judge in Seattle rules in favor of same-sex marriage in Washington state

[annathepiper]

Oh cool... thanks Avram, that's an uplifting thing to come home and find out about. :) :)

[shadowhwk.livejournal.com]

Glad to know you're doing well. Hope you're feeling up to snuff soon!

[annathepiper]

Thanks hon--hopefully I should only be kind of out of it for a week or so. I go back on the 11th to get the stitches out. But the week is "no working for you" recovery time... it'll be interesting to see how well I feel after that span of time is up.

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

So glad you're out of the hospital, and ready to recover in your new place. Is there anything you need or want to help you relax and get better?

[annathepiper]

Thanks hon... :) mamishka promised to show me movies, and kathrynt has come over to make soup stock, and now my computing devices and my kitty are here (I'm on dialup to Drizzle.com as we speak, from the new house)... so right now I'm pretty good. :) Tired, and Percocet-y, and sore-throat-y, but glad to be in my own bed now. :)

[apel.livejournal.com]

*get well vibes*

[annathepiper]

Thank you! :) Gonna be interesting over the next few weeks!

[janne.livejournal.com]

Gather from Solarbirds earlier post that things went well, whew. Take care and get well -- lack of net access might be just the right thing to get some decent rest, too :)

[annathepiper]

Things went fairly well, yeah... though with relaxing on my bed, I'll go batshit without the computer in reach or some books or something, at least until mamishka can show up and show me the movies and stuff she's promised. :) We haven't moved the TV and the Tivo or DVD or laserdisc players yet... but we have an older TV borrowed from spazzkat in the bedroom here now, and all my MacGyver tapes. ;)

(MacGyver should be fun while on Percocet!)

[brightbeak.livejournal.com]

(MacGyver should be fun while on Percocet!)

*ROTFL*
that should be interesting, to say the very least... then again, i'm one of those folks who can't HAVE percocets anymore, b/c i like them TOO much!

glad you are doing well after the surgery... rest up & let the animals & SO love up on ya! :)

bb

[annathepiper]

We'll see how much I actually NEED the Percocet... I really needed it badly when I broke my arm last summer, but so far with only the one dose this morning, which was one tablet that's worn off by now, I'm not hurting too terribly badly. It's just a little hard to swallow, and hard to talk. But I may allow myself the Percocet before bed or something!

And yep, rest and snuggling of animals both stuffed and mobile, as well as the spouse, is on the agenda. :)

[brightbeak.livejournal.com]

allowing one's-self to be relatively painfree as one goes to sleep is CRITICAL in the healing process... i HIGHLY recommend this!

bb

[annathepiper]

*nodnod* I just had another just because it was getting harder to swallow--kathrynt brought me soup, and it was very good soup, but just kind of hard to swallow it down. So I had another Percocet, but only one. So that should help. :) There's sort of a fine balance to have here between not wanting to be TOO reliant on your pain meds, and letting them actually do their JOB, which is Making You Not Hurt. I learned all about this last summer when I caught myself trying to be Stoic Girl and wound up sobbing in pain on the couch. ;P :)

[brightbeak.livejournal.com]

oh yeah, you were busted-wing lass at the GBS concert weren't you?
and yeah, Stoic works GREAT if you don't have access to proper pain medication - BUT WHEN YOU DO, *stoic* = *stupid* IMHO!
it's one thing to have mild discomfort, where it reminds you that it's injured/sore/whatever, but once it crosses the line to actively on your mind & making other things hard to think of/do b/c of it, then it's time for meds!
cuz you REALLY DO heal faster when your body isn't fighting itself b/c you are in pain!
and yes, there's a VERY fine balance between medicating the pain to a comfortable level and being zoomed out on meds.. that line is difficult to find as it CHANGES almost daily! oy!

bb

[annathepiper]

I was, indeed, busted-wing lass at the GBS show in June of 2003. :) That was why I so needed to have the show this past May be extra special cool! :)

And yeah, you and Kathryn are definitely on the same page. She told me not to let it slide--medicating the pain, that is. She even offered to smash up a pill in some orange juice for me, but fortunately I can swallow them. :)

[brightbeak.livejournal.com]

this kathryn lass is a smart one... let your body's energy go to healing, rather than wasting it on pain :)

get some sleep there silly one! :)

bb

[annathepiper]

I had a long nap earlier this evening... I'm actually more awake now! But I'm sure I'll doze off more later; I did a whole lot of sleeping yesterday and this morning, too.

[brightbeak.livejournal.com]

in recovery mode, your body can utilize a lot more sleep than usual, and WILL heal faster as a result! :)

a nice warm bath w/ bubbles (if you can have one w/o getting the sutures wet) would help too! :)

bb :)

[annathepiper]

I've been told I can take a bath, yeah, though I am supposed to keep the incision dry. Which'll make washing my hair a bit of a challenge. :)

[brightbeak.livejournal.com]

washing hair....
ok... kitchen counter, on your back, head at the sink...
put a plastic pasta or salad colander upsidedown in the sink to rest your head on so that you don't strain your neck
have SO wash hair & rinse...
that way can keep neck dry (can even medical tape a baggie over the suture area if needs be, JUST to be sure)...
and yes, to the question, i HAVE had to do this before! ;)

bb

[annathepiper]

Yow, that sounds uncomfortable. :) I think it might almost be easier to just sit in the tub and let Dara do my hair. ;) Our tub IS nice and deep!

But we'll work something out. Dara washed my hair for me after I broke my arm, too.

[brightbeak.livejournal.com]

actually, as whacked as it sounds, w/ the plastic collander turned upside down it's not bad!
and compared w/ the greasy, grimy, grungy feel od NEEDS-to-be-washed-hair, it's rather a MINOR discomfort! and it's like 7 minutes! :) 11 if you want conditioner! :)

yeah, done it more than once as the person ON the counter, and when my friend krista had her face rearranged in a car accident and couldn't STAND or handle anything on her head while upright, this was IT for 3 weeks! it was my pleasure to take care of things for 10 days, and she's miss "wash it every other day if it kills me" :)

big tub eh? MUST BE NICE!

;)

bb

[annathepiper]

It's a nice tub, yeah. :)

Though I may just also do what I did when I broke my arm and go have it done at a hair place... heh. Dara's spazzing trying to get everything else taken care of at the house right now--our Net's not going to be up here for at least another week and a half at this point. :P

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

yay missy anna!

[annathepiper]

Thank you. :) Yay home! Or, rather, yay new home with familiar stuff in it, including a very bemused kitty. :)

[spenceraloysius.livejournal.com]

Good thoughts going your way.

[annathepiper]

Thank you!

[rmd.livejournal.com]

yaaaaaaay!

[annathepiper]

Yaaaaaaaay indeed. :) They were good to me at the hospital but I am glad to be home now!

[gerimaple.livejournal.com]

your progress has been duly reported to the OKP :)

[gerimaple.livejournal.com]

and *gentle hugs* btw :) any post-anesthesia tummy trouble?

[annathepiper]

Nope--I've been remarkably not nauseous. They must have given me some good anti-nausea drugs. The morphine I was given yesterday didn't even make me queasy, but then again, I was also on a liquid diet last night and didn't have much in my tummy to make me queasy to begin with.

[annathepiper]

Yay, thanks! We've been settling in at the New Murk this afternoon, and I do have dialup access now, so this should tide me over nicely until the DSL modem gets here. :)

[agrimony.livejournal.com]

Glad that you're out and on the mend!

[annathepiper]

Thanks! Me too. :)

[poetry-lady.livejournal.com]

Take care! I'm glad it went well.

[annathepiper]

Thank you, hon!

Another Yay, this one trans-pond...

[murson.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear all went well, and that you've got some Old Stuff in the New House - always a good thing to have!

Best wishes, assorted "get well soon" vibes, and several *hugs* too. Mix as desired...

Take care of yourself, y'hear?

Re: Another Yay, this one trans-pond...

[annathepiper]

Thank you very much, hon, I will be doing my best to do just that over the next many days, and I have a good elf here to help me out with that. :)

It's slowly starting to feel like our place, too. Now if I can just convince the cat that it's okay to come upstairs... :)

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

Doh! I missed you then. Phooey! Glad to hear from the horse herself that she's doin well. :) I should call solarbird and see if you're up for company yet or not. :) Lots of hugs of course. :)

[annathepiper]

Company tomorrow, perhaps, would be a lovely thing. :) Tonight I think Dara and I are going to be making with quiet snuggling; we're both pretty worn out! (((MEEMS))) Looking forward to watching stuff with ya though!

Thinking Warm Fuzzies

[tabithaclayton.livejournal.com]

Anna,

I am glad you are feeling ok and that the move is going smoothly. I hope with all the craziness you get the TLC you deserve. Will you and Solarbird still be heading to Beantown end of the month??

Lots of get well hugs,
Mary

Re: Thinking Warm Fuzzies

[annathepiper]

We do still plan to head out that way towards the end of the month--I should have plenty of time to recover before then. :)

Thanks for checking in! (((MARY)))

Glad things went OK

[(Anonymous)]

Glad your surgery went well..hospitals creep me out and I worked inside one for three years.-Dara wondered if hospitals are faraday cages-yes and no. Some areas are "zero potential rooms"-some are Faraday cages,literally,but for the most part,no. "zero potential" means everything is grounded,and even the carpet is conductive. Why? One reason is that conductive solutions used in IVs(like salt)offer a low-resistance path to your heart-a static charge you couldn't even feel could kill you thru an IV. Some sensitive equipment is in a Faraday cage..the cardiac wing,or at least part of it,is.
I used to work as maintenance/biomed engineering(the last being a big title for head battery changer,really)..something good to know-most medical electronics are extremely reliable..most repairs were where nurses broke things..Scott

Re: Glad things went OK

[annathepiper]

Thanks for chiming in, Scott. :) And for that information about hospitals!