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Re: having a really bad day so far...
From: JANET (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Nov 30 21:26:34 1999
definately get moving around.. it helps with the pain and stiffness. and i
believe adhesions. Dont worry about the garden, and doing stuff. Let the
hubby do it, and you get some rest, except for a little walking around the
house. Dont lift, we dont want anything pulled, or hernias..got it....
-----Original Message-----
From: stacy <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Date: Sunday, November 28, 1999 10:40 AM
Subject: having a really bad day so far...
>UGH! this day just started out bad, and it's only
>10:20 a.m.
>I have what I hope is a bladder infection. All this
>talk about UTI, and I come down with one.
>At least, I hope it's an infection, and not the endo
>pain coming back already.
>I still have lots of azo and/or baridium, so it
>doesn't hurt except when I go.
>fun fun
>and hubby and I had a blow out first thing this
>morning, over nothing more than coffee!
>The dog jumped on my belly this morning while I was
>still laying in the bed. She only weighs 20 lbs, but
>when it's all concentrated in one little peg leg, it
>really hurts. Even without the soreness from the
>surgery, it would hurt pretty bad.
>Not to mention, the bladder pain...
>It's finally starting to seem like November outside.
>cold and wet.
>I want to do nothing more than dig in the dirt in my
>garden, and turn the compost. But I'm not supposed to
>climb stairs or lift anything over 10 pounds yet, per
>doctor's orders.
>My house is a nasty mess. I need to scrub everything.
>We both smoke, so even the walls need to be scrubbed
>clean, and it's been so long since I felt like doing
>anything.
>I want my life back! It's not fair. I feel so much
>better now, and I still can't do anything.
>And I still have this cold that won't go away.
>I just want to scream at the top of my lungs (well, I
>did that this morning, at my dear sweet hubby - we
>never even raise our voice at each other).
>hmmmm.... I do have one adavan from an old scrip.
>wonder how long they stay good?
>Better not risk it.
>What I really need to do is play in the garden.
>That always makes me feel better.
>
>take a deep breath....
>ok, a little better now.
>I ovulated earlier this week. funny, I can still
>tell, even though that certain pain is gone.
>I checked the calender, it was exactly two weeks after
>my period started, so that had to be it.
>My body is all out of whack.
>I haven't been eating right lately, either. Just
>don't feel like cooking nice veggies and healthy
>stuff.
>We've been eating pre-prepared stuff and carry out.
>yuck
>I think it's more aggravating to me now (that I still
>can't do things) because I feel so much better than I
>did before the surgery.
>I'm not in that terrible pain anymore.
>I'm just sore, feel bruised from my ribcage to my
>knees. and my hip joints have been giving me a lot of
>pain.
>and, of course, the bladder thing...
>Please tell me that I'll feel a lot better shortly.
>How long before all those stitches inside start to
>heal? the outside ones are all healed up already.
>And what should I do to prevent adhesions from coming
>back?
>I feel like I need exercise, but it makes me hurt so
>much just to walk downstairs to do a load of laundry.
>We live on the side of a steep hill, so if I walk the
>dog or anything, I'm totally exhausted, and sore all
>over.
>I don't want to spend all day in bed, like I did
>before my surgery.
>AAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
>There, I think I got it all out.
>thanks, y'all
>
>=====
>love,
>Stacy Fleming
>Chattanooga, Tn
>Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place.
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