I'm Baaaaaack!!!!!

Hello, everyone!!! This has been the longest

that I've gone and have not

posted anything. I have missed going online

and looking at

blogs, but honestly, looking at the screen

made me very nauseas!

So no computer for over a week and if I came

on I would last maybe 10 minutes.

But, today is a good day. I've been doing a little

cleaning.

But the past two weeks have been tough.

I knew I had to take

it easy, but I didn't realize I had to really

take it easy.

I layed in bed one night thinking to myself,

what had I done!!

Was this the right thing because at that moment

I was miserable.

Naturally of course. You see, I don't handle

pain well.

When the nurse asked me what my level of pain

was, I said,

none!!!

So he wrote down, zero!!!!

Thank goodness

for that because all the nurses and doctors

were so gentle and

concerned of my well being. The night nurse

after my surgery kept

telling me

"hon, its ok, you can push that pain button

as long as you'd like, it'll relieve

you every ten minutes"

Hooray for drugs, because I felt no pain

that first night.

But coming home Friday, well, lets just say,

I was scaring my husband.

Every bump, every time he braked, or hit the

gas I just wanted to either

cry or scream.

But he's been wonderful, he's taken such good

care of me, and my friends

have as well.

I mean, look at the gifts I received:

Edible arrangements from friends of ours,

I've always wanted one of these!!!

A coffee and tea gift set with its own

tray!! I've been snacking

on this with tea or coffee throughout the

day.

Beautiful flowers in a teacup

Tulips, one of my favorite flowers.

And this set, tea with chocolates and

something that I can

soak in later.

Plus all of the cards I received in the mail

and all the food my friends

and family made for us. Even though,

I had food in

the freezer, they still wanted to

help, so why not,

and I want to thank

all those who commented on my last

post with their

concerns and passing along hugs.

It has meant so much

to me.

To know you were all thinking of me

during this

tough time in my life. I hope that as

soon as I recover,

another 4 weeks yet, that this

will be it.

I will have a quality of life,

to be able to plan

ahead and not worry about

what I'll feel like.

We shall see what the next few

months bring.

Right now though, I still need to

be careful what I

do, don't need to be layed

up any longer than what I have to.

So Dr.'s orders I am

taking seriously. But in all this, I have

lost 10 pounds!!

Not planned though, but evidently

the anethesia has made

me quite ill, and food right now is not

a joy but a chore!

The smell of food just turns

my stomach. I can

only tolerate very simple foods.

Rice, potatoes, chicken,

soup, fruit.

That's it, nothing more, and I love

food.

Hopefully, that'll change as well. In the

meantime,

the picture below is a Before picture

of our view from behind our

house:

and below is the After view:

We are in a blizzard here in PA. They have

shut down the main

highway here, and the roads are awful,

you can't hardly see

in front of you. Its beautiful, but unfortunately.

my DH, stubborn man he is, is

traveling home in this.

So, he just called to say he is on his way.

After I hug and kiss him,

I will have to refrain from being upset with

him for even going out there

in the first place.

So, if you're snowed in, I hope you're staying

warm.