Recovering

I got my surgery on Monday for my back. While I was terrified, I am very relieved I got it done. I remember lying on the bed, with everyone telling me to take deep breaths from the mask, then the next thing I knew I was waking in recovery. I was nauseous and sore, but it was done. I stayed overnight so they could make sure I started to recover and nothing went wrong. I was up and walking just hours after the surgery. It's now Friday, and I'm feeling SO much better :)

I'm still a bit sore, but the pain I used to have is now gone. The soreness is only from the incision itself. I'm going back to school in a couple days. I haven't written since before my surgery because up until yesterday, I was sleeping nearly all the time. I would go to sleep for the night and sleep 12 hours, then after being awake for 2-3 hours, I'd be tired again and start to pass out. I'm doing better now though.

I have only two worries now regarding my body. 1) How horrible the scar will look 2) While recovering I still can't do any sort of exercise and I'm not supposed to be on my feet so I can rest, so I'm gaining weight from lack of moving. If the scar really does form all gross-like, I'm going to get a tattoo of a rose to cover it, and the scar will be the stem. I'm going to try to seriously cut down on the junk I eat, and try to do some form of ab exercise that doesn't require moving my back in any sort of extreme way. Once I find that magical exercise.

I just can't wait to be fully recovered and be able to do normal day-to-day things without pain. I honestly cannot remember what it feels like to sleep without pain. It'll be nice to have nights like those again.