recovery

When I heard about the idea of surgery, I knew it meant I was going to be out of pocket for awhile b/c when it comes to pain I'm a pretty big wimp. To my surprise, there was really no pain in my recovery. I was uncomfortable at times but it was nothing a little pain pill or ice couldn't cure. The worse part of the whole experience was when the nurse ripped the tape off! A friend of ours had this surgery a year ago so I had spoken with him to get more details. To my dismay, he made the experience sound less than thrilling. I texted him the other day to inform him that in fact must be a "weiner" b/c my experience had been a piece of cake. (In his defense, his roommate was his caretaker and I had D and mom on hand.) For those of you who can handle it, here are some pictures of my shoulder that D took today when they took my bandages off.


Front/ Back

The doctor was very pleased and removed the stitches. I am still in a huge sling for a couple more weeks. The best news of the day came when we asked about our trip to the lake next week. I expected him to frown on the idea of me in the boat. He gave me the go ahead though!... as long as the water wasn't real rough. When I jokingly asked him about wake boarding he just laughed at me.