![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
I had my follow-up appointment with the surgeon today. He examined me briefly, stated that I am not at all jaundiced (a question that hadn't even occurred to me), removed the remaining bandages, and cleared me to return to work, exercise, baths, and all other normal activities. I do have a prescription (currently at the drugstore) for Percoset, because I am still having some pain, especially in the evenings.
Having walked about 3/4 of a mile total from home to A train, and then train along Central Park South to the doctor's office, and been only slightly tired from that, I decided to get on the subway and have lunch in Chinatown, a bowl of Pho at my usual place. That was tasty. Thence along Walker Street to the A train, and back uptown. I dropped off my prescription, stopped at the supermarket for a few things (now that heavy lifting is officially okay), and walked home through Inwood Hill Park. I'll probably go back to the gym on Thursday, and do a relatively light workout (meaning mostly lower weights, not fewer exercises).
I'd say I walked about two miles today, and am in quite a good mood, I think from a combination of the walking, the nice weather, and the good news from my doctor. I thought briefly about buying lunch from a cart and eating it in Central Park, and then realized that what I needed, after being sick at home for two weeks, was city, not park, because most of my walking had been in Inwood Hill Park.
All that said, my upper back (between my shoulders) hurts a bit right now, and my side was aching this morning. So I will still be careful, and I will probably not sleep on my side for a while (sleeping on the left side has been making the right side, where the incisions were, hurt).
[Addendum: I have just taken off my shirt and bra and looked at the incisions. There's one fairly high up (a little below where the band of a bra would be) that's about an inch long and still visibly red, two smaller and paler ones on the right side of my abdomen, and I can't yet tell what the one in the navel looks like. Maybe after a thorough wash.]
Having walked about 3/4 of a mile total from home to A train, and then train along Central Park South to the doctor's office, and been only slightly tired from that, I decided to get on the subway and have lunch in Chinatown, a bowl of Pho at my usual place. That was tasty. Thence along Walker Street to the A train, and back uptown. I dropped off my prescription, stopped at the supermarket for a few things (now that heavy lifting is officially okay), and walked home through Inwood Hill Park. I'll probably go back to the gym on Thursday, and do a relatively light workout (meaning mostly lower weights, not fewer exercises).
I'd say I walked about two miles today, and am in quite a good mood, I think from a combination of the walking, the nice weather, and the good news from my doctor. I thought briefly about buying lunch from a cart and eating it in Central Park, and then realized that what I needed, after being sick at home for two weeks, was city, not park, because most of my walking had been in Inwood Hill Park.
All that said, my upper back (between my shoulders) hurts a bit right now, and my side was aching this morning. So I will still be careful, and I will probably not sleep on my side for a while (sleeping on the left side has been making the right side, where the incisions were, hurt).
[Addendum: I have just taken off my shirt and bra and looked at the incisions. There's one fairly high up (a little below where the band of a bra would be) that's about an inch long and still visibly red, two smaller and paler ones on the right side of my abdomen, and I can't yet tell what the one in the navel looks like. Maybe after a thorough wash.]
Tags: