Re: pain is back
From: Gloria (gpierson@nemontel.net)
Sun Aug 26 01:02:55 2001
My surgery was on July 9th. I went to Sturgis on August 6th-the pain
had just started to ease up and got better by the day. By the 10th I
was able to either ride on the bike or walk the crowds all day-with
almost no pain. Only achyness (level 1-2 pain-no pain meds needed)-and
that's to be expected with walking over half the day. I was the
absolute definition of " A happy camper ". Of course it helped that I
didn't do ANYTHING while I was there-no cooking, no cleaning, absolutely
nothing except dress myself (LOL), my girlfriends did everything-what a
treat!! After I was home for a few days ( playing catch-up at house
cleaning), I took all the kids camping (only two days and one night)
because I felt so good ( physically- I don't know about mentally, LOL)
and it had been so long since I was able to do something fun with them.
Though, now, it seems my pain is increasing daily. It does help if I'm
able to lie down for a couple of hours at a time-but with the twins here
and the older girls back in school that's absolutely impossible to
accomplish until late afternoon. Then it's dinner time, bath time,
etc. never ending...... Anyhow-my spirits are better than they were
after my pain started to come back after my last surgery. I know it's
because I have met people like yourself who understand and care. I can
really be honest and I know others out there really do know how I feel.
It just helps to vent. Wish I could write more-but have already been on
here far too long.
Pain free hugs to you, Gloria :)
TODDnLESA@aol.com wrote:
> Gloria,
> I'm so sorry to hear that you are in pain, hopefully you are just
> doing too
> much and if you take it easy, you'll feel better. How long ago was
> your
> surgery?\
> Love,
> Lesa