Recovery Update

For those interested, my recovery is coming along very slowly, but hopefully surely. I have not been on the computer since Thursday or Friday due to the fact that I have been so nauseated. I am keeping fluids and solid food down, but I must take my anti-nausea medication to even want to eat. The side effect of the phenergan (anti-nausea med) is that it makes me really sleepy.

I had a one week follow up appointment yesterday morning. The Dr. says that my recovery is taking longer because I had a lot of trauma to my abdomen in such a short period of time. She compared it to my stomach being 9 months pregnant. Of course, I feel like I've been home for a week already and I should be up and ready to go back to work. She assured me that it is normal that the healing is taking time.

I'm tired of the nausea and night sweats. Thank God most of the "real pain" has subsided and I have not taken any pain medication since Saturday night. Ibuprofen 800 mg has worked enough on the inflammation and the dull pains that remain in my abdomen.

She also put me on a high protein diet for the next few days to help build my strength up. I really want to try and go back to work tomorrow, I feel guilty not working, and I think that getting back into some kind of normal routine could not be a bad thing.

I'm sorry to all of my clients that I have inconvenienced through this whole process. Hair stylist are not allowed to be sick; not this long.

Thanks again for your love, support and prayers. They are much appreciated and lovingly accepted.