Well look at that: my first full weekend at home since surgery. Long may it last! This week has the potential to be just as quiet, with nothing more strenuous scheduled than a massage and a couple of visits to the district nurse to get dressings changed. I’m back on top of the medication so…

After a nasty turn and blood pressure spike in the middle of the night, they figured out I hadn’t taken my regular blood pressure medication yesterday (because I usually have it in the morning and I had the migraine) so gave me some…. and all syptoms dissolved. So I’m being discharged. In essence I’m in…

I wish my silence was a sign of me enjoying myself. Sadly not so much. Yesterday the humidity got me in the mornimg, but that passed and I was fine by lunchtime. Today is a different story. It started with a migraine and dry retching. Nothing odd there but then I never came right. I…

Given the turmoil of the last few weeks I figured I’d better just make a post to celebrate the fact I’m in my second day of normality. Yesterday was blissful. I went nowhere, just stayed home all day. Today I have a couple of appointments but nothing stressful, and I think I’ve recovered from Saturday’s…

Lots of hurry up and wait. We went to Thames because Auckland said they needed a blood test. Thames did the blood test and were happy, and rang Auckland who were also happy… but Thames thought I was retaining fluid. One catheter and 3 hours later we had a small amount of urine in  bag…

Short post. After long hours at Thames I’m being released… to go to Waikato. It’s going to be a long night.

I had hoped today might be the very first normal, boring, no-drama day since my surgery. That’s not to be. I went out for a brief shopping trip with mum to pick up some new dresses, a 30 minute outing, and was exhausted by the end so came home to nap. But before I could…

Yesterday I had two appointments. The second was for my massage, which was fantastic and I’m physically so much better for it. I’m going back on Monday. The first, though, was the post-operative meeting with the surgeon, and the news is not good. The tissue removed has all been tested and has been confirmed as…

Yesterday morning I had the last of the surgical staples removed. By mid-afternoon the wound had started to gape so back to the doctor and now I have to have it checked and the dressing changed daily. The wound itself isn’t giving me a lot of pain but I’m getting terrible muscle spasms in my…

The scan results are finally through and it’s good news: no clots. The pain that started all this was a minor infection which is already responding to treatment. So, back home again, hopefully before dark. Quite the week I’m having.