Wednesday, December 31, 2003
Man, I slept most of the day. I didn't feel so good. I had depressing thoughts about my recovery. Finally decided that I was NOT going to let that ruin my evening. We just agreed to go to John and Verna's for dinner, and then we're heading over to Chris and Teresa's New Year's Eve party. This will be the first time I'm attending a function since the surgery. I am finally dressing in regular clothes! No more sweats or pajamas. Haha. My stitches are healing and they don't hurt anymore so I can probably start wearing jeans and stuff. I am so happy about that. I love sweats and comfortable clothing, but I miss dressing nice, too. I was looking in my walk-in and was wondering what to wear. Gosh, I had no idea, but finally decided on this top I got at forever for hella cheap. I'm serious. I got a steal =)
I'm glad I gave 7 bags full of my clothes to St. Vincent De Paul two weeks before my surgery. I also had 6 bags full of purses. I was going to save them for the garage sale we are going to have, but my friend wanted them, so I said he could take them. It has left a lot more room in my walk-in. I have decided to never go shopping again. I don't even use half my clothes and it's just a waste of money.
My hair is SO long...i need a haircut. And I can't wait to get these highlights out. I want my natural haircolor back! It's time after all these years. OKay, I think we're taking off...just wanted to keep this updated. Happy New Year's everyone!
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I'm glad I gave 7 bags full of my clothes to St. Vincent De Paul two weeks before my surgery. I also had 6 bags full of purses. I was going to save them for the garage sale we are going to have, but my friend wanted them, so I said he could take them. It has left a lot more room in my walk-in. I have decided to never go shopping again. I don't even use half my clothes and it's just a waste of money.
My hair is SO long...i need a haircut. And I can't wait to get these highlights out. I want my natural haircolor back! It's time after all these years. OKay, I think we're taking off...just wanted to keep this updated. Happy New Year's everyone!
Monday, December 29, 2003
I had a rough night, but I got some decent sleep. Franny kept nudging me with his arm and leg throughout the night while he was sleeping. He could smack me in the face and not even realize it. He moves around a lot. I got up late today. We both made it downstairs just recently and he fixed me up my breakfast as I look online at my basic stuff...email, website, news, etc.
Steph called me this morning, too. She heard about the surgery. She's planning to come over with Justin tomorrow. She wants to bring over lunch. I told her she shouldn't, but she's insisting. She's so sweet. I'm looking forward to seeing both of them. It has been awhile since we have all gotten together.
I just ate the first part of my breakfast. Yum. It's so weird drinking all this water and eating all this healthy food now. I never really had a high-carb, fatty diet in the first place, but now I have to watch what I eat even more. Sucks, because even though it may not seem like it, I am ALWAYS hungry and I eat a whole lot. I just can't eat big meals, but if you have food out for me all day, most likely it will be gone by the end of it. I really am a pig...but now I have this low carb diet that I'm on and that means I have to cut out more sugar. I've already lost so much weight in the last few months because of the loss of appetite, etc. If I had it my way, I would like to bulk up instead of sliming down. It won't work though. I can't gain weight. It's in my genes.
I still can't move around that well. I guess it's just going to take time. Right now, Franny is playing snake on his new cell phone. He's addicted to that thing. Gilbey is just chilling next to us on the sofa while we watch HGTV. He's such a beautiful and smart dog. Man, we're lucky.
The plan for today is to do absolutely nothing since I can't do much. Aargh! It's raining anyways so I don't feel as bad about not being able to go out. I think I might watch some soaps. Even though I was bed-ridden last week, I didn't really get to watch my soaps. I have no idea why. O'well.
Franny's going to go to a Warriors game with Norm and Ev and them. AC's coming over to babysit me while he's gone. I think we'll watch pay per view or something. I can't wait for my Sex and the City - Season 5 dvd to arrive. Thanks Ray! Okay, I have to go and eat some more.
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Steph called me this morning, too. She heard about the surgery. She's planning to come over with Justin tomorrow. She wants to bring over lunch. I told her she shouldn't, but she's insisting. She's so sweet. I'm looking forward to seeing both of them. It has been awhile since we have all gotten together.
I just ate the first part of my breakfast. Yum. It's so weird drinking all this water and eating all this healthy food now. I never really had a high-carb, fatty diet in the first place, but now I have to watch what I eat even more. Sucks, because even though it may not seem like it, I am ALWAYS hungry and I eat a whole lot. I just can't eat big meals, but if you have food out for me all day, most likely it will be gone by the end of it. I really am a pig...but now I have this low carb diet that I'm on and that means I have to cut out more sugar. I've already lost so much weight in the last few months because of the loss of appetite, etc. If I had it my way, I would like to bulk up instead of sliming down. It won't work though. I can't gain weight. It's in my genes.
I still can't move around that well. I guess it's just going to take time. Right now, Franny is playing snake on his new cell phone. He's addicted to that thing. Gilbey is just chilling next to us on the sofa while we watch HGTV. He's such a beautiful and smart dog. Man, we're lucky.
The plan for today is to do absolutely nothing since I can't do much. Aargh! It's raining anyways so I don't feel as bad about not being able to go out. I think I might watch some soaps. Even though I was bed-ridden last week, I didn't really get to watch my soaps. I have no idea why. O'well.
Franny's going to go to a Warriors game with Norm and Ev and them. AC's coming over to babysit me while he's gone. I think we'll watch pay per view or something. I can't wait for my Sex and the City - Season 5 dvd to arrive. Thanks Ray! Okay, I have to go and eat some more.
Sunday, December 28, 2003
3 more days until New Year's Eve!
This weekend has been a good one. I finally got out of the house! Yup. I was losing my mind staying on the couch and watching TV every single minute of each of the past 6 days. You just feel so lifeless and dopey. I hated it. I have to admit though....it ain't easy walking around. I get so tired easily. Even walking upstairs or taking a shower wears me out. Yesterday was the first day I left the house and I got exhausted after walking from our car to a store. Luckily, I have very sweet, loved ones who carry my purse for me and help me walk when they know it's getting to much for me. And it has already gotten better in the past 24 hours, so I am looking forward to getting back to my normal self any week now.
I have to say that I really appreciate everyone who has been extremely supportive through this whole experience. Francis and Ron gave out emails updating my family/friends of my status, and it was very touching to receive all the flowers/balloons/e-greetings/calls...especially from my very friends that I hardly see anymore. I really appreciate everyone's concern. This situation has really made me realize how you should always keep your loved ones close to you and never take them for granted. Life is definitely to short. I often think about what life would be like if things were different, if I was different...and then I stop. Because what has happened is exactly what was meant to happen. I truely believe that God has a plan for each of us. If I had never had continuous pain or discomfort, I would have never learned about a disease called endomtriosis. If I never heard of endometriosis, I would have never began researching endometriosis specialists in February. If the pain didn't get worse, I would have never needed surgery. If I didn't have the surgery, I would have never known that I had endometriosis and it might have progressed to a level that was "un-fixable". If I didn't do my research to find a specialist, I would not have had the surgeon ready to excise the endometriosis after the diagnosis. So, even though I have gone through extreme pain and still continue to recover from surgery, I realize that everything that has happened, happened for a reason. And I thank God every day for watching over me and my family.
