the state of the jude
things have been pretty good. each day being better than the one before. when i’m just sitting or hanging out, i have no pain. when i’m walking there is some from the one major incision site. it just kind of pulls and hurts. it still hurts to cough or sneeze. i can only lie on my back to sleep, so i have some stiffness there. i ran out of my beloved liquid vicodin yesterday. i am fairly broken up about this, as we had a sweet thing going on there. fare thee well, liquid vicodin. with the interesting “getting punched out by midgets at the pharmacy” dreams and general mental fogginess, you won’t soon be forgotten. or perhaps you will. where the hell am i?
i’ve been trying real hard to get protein in, which means i’ve had to rely on protein shakes, which i HATE with the white hot intensity of a million suns. they are teh sux, believe you me. even when i blend fruit and stuff in there, i don’t really like them. i drink them because i know my body needs the protein to heal and give me energy and all that fun stuff.. but as soon as i’m at a stage to get all my protein in from food, i’ll be kicking that shit to the curb.
i’m sleeping well and getting in lots of fluids. i think i’m doing everything i’m supposed to. today i start back at work. slowly. i have 3 half-hour appointments with hour-long breaks in between. hopefully, it’ll be ok. honestly, i’m a bit nervous of the whole thing.
