((((Thank you all))))

Thank you for your continued thoughts and prayers as I heal from surgery. I appreciate all of you more than you know. I am still struggling as the pain is still hitting me hard and often out of control, especially when I try to do too much. The hematoma that was bleeding for the last four weeks is almost stopped but still seeping some. My surgeon has said that the incision looks great, there is no infection, and it is getting better each day.

I am feeling really tired and exhausted as I do have anemia now and am taking iron pills and trying to eat iron rich foods to help it. I struggle staying awake for long periods as it feels I just can be sitting trying to do something and I fall asleep. The hematoma took a lot out of me and it still is. But hopefully within this next couple of weeks it will stop completely and close up.

I am supposed to start physical therapy soon. I see my surgeon July 9th and we will talk more then. My pain meds keep me pretty much out of it and it is hard to think or concentrate. I am thankful that he is not going to have to re-open the incision to drain it and re-close it and have to start over. An answer to prayer.

I am only four weeks out of surgery now and am trying to remember that but at times I feel I should be doing more, which I cannot and it is frustrating at times. I will admit that the pain is really still hitting me hard and I cannot sit or stay in one position for long periods of time without moving. I am thankful it is starting to now close up completely and there was no infections.

I will keep getting better with time and I am really trying hard to allow myself that time. I have slept so much these last few days and when I wake up I feel I have not even slept. I really think it is just the surgery and healing and the anemia hitting me. I have had three surgeries now within this past year so my body has been through a lot and it is just needing rest I think. But I also know that often when I am sleeping a lot it could be something else that is surfacing so it could be a combination of things right now.

Thank you all again for your thoughts and prayers. I love and appreciate you all more than you know. Hugs and loving thoughts. Always.

dps