In addition, the plumbers are here to fix my broken sewer line.
This will be a very loud afternoon for sure. I hope they get it fixed today!
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Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Today's craziness
I managed to transplant a couple sunflowers and harvest some raspberries and peas this afternoon.
In addition, the plumbers are here to fix my broken sewer line.
This will be a very loud afternoon for sure. I hope they get it fixed today!
In addition, the plumbers are here to fix my broken sewer line.
This will be a very loud afternoon for sure. I hope they get it fixed today!
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Tired of this
I just sent an email to my friend and realized it turned into a blog post for this morning...
I did ok with the heat, although yesterday was sooo hot.. 90 degrees. My mom is putting in a garden for me and I did a little physical labor with my left arm, trying to get the pond out of the flower bed out front. I got the plastic mostly out, but needed a 2nd arm to free it from the rocks and dirt. My friend came over and got it out and we started filling it with the various cinder and concrete blocks that the previous tenant had around here. The thing is about 4 ft deep! Mom is going to get some more soil, and she bought some herbs to put in it. It felt good to work up a bit of a sweat and I figured I need to get my left arm stronger anyway.
We went over to my brother’s yesterday for my niece’s birthday and I kept noticing that my shirt was damp under my armpit. For awhile I chalked up to sweat, but then I realized that I was leaking. For some reason, it’s leaking pretty steadily at the drain. All my brother had for gauze was US Army issue medic gunshot wound packs. It actually worked out really well as a big pad, but it was almost soaked through by the time we got home. I haven’t checked it this morning yet, but it hasn’t soaked through at this point. I am having fairly consistent lightening strikes down my upper arm and they are really painful! It’s weird that they hurt since I am fairly numb from my elbow to my armpit to the side of my breast.
We took the tegaderm off last night after I re-read the discharge instructions and it said to remove after 48 hours. When we removed the dressing from the lumpectomy incision, it took the steri-strips with it and started bleeding. I have a feeling that the scar is not going to be a nice one, but at least it’s on the underside of my breast. I am getting really tired of the drain and the dressings and all of this constraint. It’s frustrating.
The drain definitely feels like it’s pulling on its suture, and I’m not sure how I’m going to take a shower and let it just hang there. I can’t quite get the dressing changed on my own, although I’m trying. I don’t know how I can go back to work if I can’t even take a shower on my own and put on the aquashield.
Sorry, I’m full of complaints this morning. All in all, I feel good, I’m just frustrated and annoyed by the drain and the dressings and all of the weird sensations in my arm. Ah well, you did ask!
I did ok with the heat, although yesterday was sooo hot.. 90 degrees. My mom is putting in a garden for me and I did a little physical labor with my left arm, trying to get the pond out of the flower bed out front. I got the plastic mostly out, but needed a 2nd arm to free it from the rocks and dirt. My friend came over and got it out and we started filling it with the various cinder and concrete blocks that the previous tenant had around here. The thing is about 4 ft deep! Mom is going to get some more soil, and she bought some herbs to put in it. It felt good to work up a bit of a sweat and I figured I need to get my left arm stronger anyway.
We went over to my brother’s yesterday for my niece’s birthday and I kept noticing that my shirt was damp under my armpit. For awhile I chalked up to sweat, but then I realized that I was leaking. For some reason, it’s leaking pretty steadily at the drain. All my brother had for gauze was US Army issue medic gunshot wound packs. It actually worked out really well as a big pad, but it was almost soaked through by the time we got home. I haven’t checked it this morning yet, but it hasn’t soaked through at this point. I am having fairly consistent lightening strikes down my upper arm and they are really painful! It’s weird that they hurt since I am fairly numb from my elbow to my armpit to the side of my breast.
We took the tegaderm off last night after I re-read the discharge instructions and it said to remove after 48 hours. When we removed the dressing from the lumpectomy incision, it took the steri-strips with it and started bleeding. I have a feeling that the scar is not going to be a nice one, but at least it’s on the underside of my breast. I am getting really tired of the drain and the dressings and all of this constraint. It’s frustrating.
The drain definitely feels like it’s pulling on its suture, and I’m not sure how I’m going to take a shower and let it just hang there. I can’t quite get the dressing changed on my own, although I’m trying. I don’t know how I can go back to work if I can’t even take a shower on my own and put on the aquashield.
Sorry, I’m full of complaints this morning. All in all, I feel good, I’m just frustrated and annoyed by the drain and the dressings and all of the weird sensations in my arm. Ah well, you did ask!
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Several days later
This is just a list of what is currently happening:
Ok, I am definitely tired of wearing the velcro "sports" bra contraption they put me in after surgery. Not that I am going to take it off, but it's starting to really annoy me.
After a bolt of lightening went through the back of my arm last night, I remembered what Dr. Calhoun said about "electric shocks" going down my arm post-surgery. She didn't say how big they would be and that they hurt!
I'm also starting to get achy down the back of my right arm, yet somehow I am also numb. The numbness is weird, because it makes things feel strange and I was worried for a minute that my upper arm is starting to swell up. I don't think that is happening, or if it is, it could be drainage from surgery.
As far as the drain, the fluid is getting less and less and it's turning lighter in color. Almost to the "chardonnay" stage. Dr. Calhoun went over the colors of the fluid in terms of wine. ha! This morning the drainage was under 50 cc for the first time. I am pretty sure it will get down to the magic number of 30 cc before my appointment next week.
My throat is still sore from the breathing tube and I'm still phlegmy at times.
Today will be my first venture out of the house. My niece turns 3 next week and today is her birthday party.
My mom, bless her, is putting in a garden out back. I wasn't going to deal with the garden until next year, but she is determined to plant some veggies! It's been weeded, raked, mostly leveled and the rows are done.
Ok, I am definitely tired of wearing the velcro "sports" bra contraption they put me in after surgery. Not that I am going to take it off, but it's starting to really annoy me.
After a bolt of lightening went through the back of my arm last night, I remembered what Dr. Calhoun said about "electric shocks" going down my arm post-surgery. She didn't say how big they would be and that they hurt!
I'm also starting to get achy down the back of my right arm, yet somehow I am also numb. The numbness is weird, because it makes things feel strange and I was worried for a minute that my upper arm is starting to swell up. I don't think that is happening, or if it is, it could be drainage from surgery.
As far as the drain, the fluid is getting less and less and it's turning lighter in color. Almost to the "chardonnay" stage. Dr. Calhoun went over the colors of the fluid in terms of wine. ha! This morning the drainage was under 50 cc for the first time. I am pretty sure it will get down to the magic number of 30 cc before my appointment next week.
My throat is still sore from the breathing tube and I'm still phlegmy at times.
Today will be my first venture out of the house. My niece turns 3 next week and today is her birthday party.
My mom, bless her, is putting in a garden out back. I wasn't going to deal with the garden until next year, but she is determined to plant some veggies! It's been weeded, raked, mostly leveled and the rows are done.
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