The Hermit Club

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Teka

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I feel like a silly sap!

camillegal

Hahahahahahaha

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Teka

You now feel a *wee little* like a silly sap, right?

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*camillegal*

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Jazzygirl

You asked for it, here are my green toes! No paint on the fingers Cami!

Jazzygirl

Hope everyone is doing well here on this first day of the long weekend. I was a low energy girl today and know some of you are thinking "good!" The stormy weather has had me indoors more and feeling like vegging. I finally got dressed and out of the house a bit before 4 p.m. and ran a few errands, and made it to the gym to swim for a bit. Rented a couple movies and been watching those tonight. 

My friend is coming to pick me up in the am and we are heading to Santa Fe for the next two days. I will ping you when I am back with updates on our adventures there. Hoping everyone has a good Memorial Day whether you visit with family and friends or relax at home!

magdalene51

Today we are celebrating the 27th anniversary of the day my husband and I met. He grilled a nice thick ribeye just the way I like it; cousin steamed corn on the cob and made potato salad, we finished the evening with a viewing of Despicable Me 2.

Went out for first time since surgery; went to Supercuts, got my hair washed and curled, sprayed it down real good, so I'm good for another week or so.

My right incision was looking a bit worrisome yesterday, I posted a pic on the May 2014 surgery wall if you're curious. Called the surgeon, she called in a rx for antibiotic. It looks unchanged today, though. No fever. Don't really feel like it's an infection, but what do I know? I've never had an udderectomy. The drain on that side was a few cc's higher than yesterday, but we changed it later, so it could be just accumulation. They were all down below where they need to be to be removed, but surgeon said to leave it in for now. I'm starting to get feeling back where it's been numb since surgery; it's not painful, it's itchy. Itchy means healing, right?

SallyS70

Jazzy, the green polish is very springy and the toe rings add pizazz.   Have fun in Santa Fe.

Magdalene, your dinner sounds yummy.  It's good to hear that you are out and about again.  

Lily55

Magda yes itchy means healing, dont be in a rush to get your drains removed as its easy to get seromas afterwards and then they need manual draining. I had three seromas, one was over a pint of liquid. 

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*Hermits*

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magdalene51

I'm not so much anxious to have the drains out as I am uncomfortable with not knowing what a normal recovery would look and feel like. I still have so much numbness. As it regains feeling, it's itchy, and I guess that's ok. How can I tell if there's too much swelling? Etc. Just wish the post op instructions had bee more thorough.

Lily55

post op swelling varies a lot and can change from day to day, usually takes around a month to settle, itching seems common, i still have some numbness two years on .....

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magdalene51

I just went back over my post op instructions. There is one separate page that's just general instructions, then there is a stapled batch, 16 pages, 13 of which are for the 2 prescriptions I was given, one of which (nausea med) I never even had filled. 13 freakin pages! One page has general physician information, it says to follow up with surgeon but doesn't say when, it says to follow up with PCP 

I'm looking at it and it's not making sense until I pull the staple out. Sheesh. At the bottom of page one it says follow up instructions, gives surgeon's name & address, but under When there's nothing. Page 2 starts out with Call for follow up appointment, Call office for results in 1 week, then has my PCP name and address. Under that is Comments which is empty. So it looks like I'm supposed to call my PCP for follow up and biopsy results which is silly, she's not really been involved. So I pull the staple out and see at the top, above the Call for follow up, it says Comments. So apparently the instructions at the top of page 2 actually belong to the address on page one. No wonder I'm confused.

Feeling really cranky today. Hot, sweaty, itchy, uncomfortable. Just want to crawl into my hermit hole. Big problem with having my recovery in the den is it's right next to the kitchen and I live with 2 up-n-at-em types who don't know how to do quiet mornings. My cousin, God love her, thinks her coffee isn't stirred unless she clanks the spoon while stirring, at least a few dozen times. And I love that she feeds the dogs, but she bangs the fork on the metal bowl a hundred times or so. I've got to remember to use my earplugs, and I've asked for noise-canceling headphones, but no sign of them yet. When I'm awakened by crashing and banging, it sets my teeth on edge for the rest of the day. Fingernails on a chalkboard.

So thankful I have a place I can rant without their knowledge. I love them both, I know they're doing their best, I'm not an easy patient, but sometimes I have to blow off steam. I don't have a visiting nurse, but I do have a nurse friend who's been with me all the way - hate to disturb her holiday weekend.

Lily55

I am trying to stay calm and focused bedfore my surgery, still waiting to hear exact day and time only know its next week at moment and have a total **** of a neighbour who is deliberately upsetting us and our dogs with his behaviour many times every day.  Today he lifted up a large rock and made as if to hit me with it, he tried to kick my dog, and then later my OH saw him raise his arm to go and hit me when I was outside on the road so immediately went over and told him in no uncertain terms not to go to hit women......its all just hassle and stress we don´t need.  He even smiles as he is winding our dogs up.........it is very close to total war here now and all I am interested in is practising calm.................I plan now to get photos of him physically threatening me and will go to the police......

Teka

Lily, have the dogs been annoying the neighbor?

What got him all wound up?

We have a neighbor that would let their dog out before daylight to do its business while barking then go back inside.   Finally, I would wait for them to let the dog out and flash a flashlight in their face.   They got the message.

Jazzygirl

Hermits- end of the weekend and good time away in Santa Fe. Some museum time, good conversation with my friend, tasty food and shoe shopping. Weather was cooler and last night, chilly with more rain. It was a fun time in the city different.....

A photo of a blooming yucca up on Museum Hill to share with you tonight. Thoughts and prayers for those here recovering from or heading into surgery.

Lily55

no his dog comes up to our garden fence and gates off the lead and barks at us when we are in our own garden. Our dogs of course bark at his dog when its so close but never at him when he is his garden. He could walk his dog two other ways and not have to go past us at all but he prefers to go past us up to ten times every day then complain to us that our dogs bark when he does! We explained one of our dogs is a rescue who was beaten up and attacked by small dogs when in the dog shelter and that he gets especially stressed so could he please not choose to just walk around our garden and back every time he goes our but do his short walks on the open countryside that is closer to him than our garden is. His response was to walk around us even more but now he laughs and smiles when he sees our dog going frantic, but still complains when he gets back. I went out to ask him why he does nit want to resolve a problem but only escalate it and that was his response. A demented a***hole

camillegal

Oh Lily u't neightbor sounds some craziness going on there--Just try and stay away and stay away from his rocks, He sounds like he really enjoys pushing u'r buttons. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Mags I'm sure u'r till uncomfortable and the drains don't help. Call u'r ft. for u'r app'tments OK???  

Lily55

he hit me today when i was outside my house so have had the police out, they agree he provokes problems but nothing i can do, however its on record and they told me to get medical evidence of injury which ive done (its only superficial).  My solicitor thinks i should formalize a complaint against him.  I told the police he does whatever he wants with no respect for anyone, and now they are going to investigate him for other things.  Hope it keeps him busy

SallyS70

Lily, how awful ... you got hit.  I hope the police will be able to do something.

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Lily55

he is german, says it all really, clearly of the gene pool that reserves sun beds in hotels and beaches but   never uses them, and still believes himself to be a superior race ( no i am not kidding, they still exist) . His house does not comply with planning, his cars are not legal here but he drives them etc, no thought of what would happen in an accident as an uninsured driver as vehicles not legal here etc......

The stress of not feeling able to relax in my own garden and home means i am now getting even less sleep.....really do not need this