I've been recovering the last few weeks. In some ways it's been easier and in other ways more difficult than I thought it would be.
It was initially more difficult- I didn't expect so much pain just trying to put one foot in front of the other. While still in the hospital, I needed both my husband and a nurse to help me to the bathroom each time- one on each side and I was still in tears on the first trip.
But, eventually they let me get out of hospital garb and into my own clothes again. And then they let me go home.
Getting up the stairs at home was, while difficult, easier than I thought it would be. Then I rested. A lot. Mostly because I just couldn't even keep my eyes open.
In the middle of eating.. my head would roll back and my eyes would close. I had no appetite for days, but I had to eat every 4 hours so there would be food in my stomach for the pain medication. And when there wasn't.. I was sick. (Sorry.) It was unpleasant.
Eventually, I started to go for short walks. The first one was the shortest distance.. and took the longest time for me to walk it. A few times (when the weather was bad) we walked at Target. So slow. So SO slow. But I did it- and every time it got easier.
Sleeping isn't as good as it should be yet, but that's what couches are for, right?
The next goal is.. driving.
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