Turnaround!!??

When I last wrote, I was in terrible pain all of Saturday morning. Possibly up to an 8 on the pain scale (which I hate guessing, but everyone asks). Thankfully, after breathing deeply and cringing in my recliner all morning, I got up to have lunch (which I wasn't sure if I really wanted to eat), and within a half an hour, the pain dropped to a very manageable level. This was a blessing because the "kids" all came over for our traditional pizza night. Lightheadedness and dizziness were my biggest complaint. It was still a great evening! 💗

I think I can finally say, I see improvement. Last night we set timers to keep up on meds, so I had intermittent sleeping, but Joel & I fell asleep quickly each time. Praise God! Joel is so amazing, getting up and figuring out what is next. I'm still pretty dizzy, but so far I have manageable pain. The worst pain was when I was first getting up, but I made myself move instead of wincing in the chair all morning like yesterday. I remembered that an PT in the hospital said moving can help pain. Please pray I can know when and how to start eliminating the narcotics. I did go an extra hour longer between them this afternoon. Maybe tomorrow we can go 2 hours past the recommended dose. I wonder if that is at least part of the dizziness and blood pressure drops. I have an appointment with my Primary Physician tomorrow morning, so she can guide me in that.

I even took a little walk this afternoon outside, with Joel holding my hand for love and safety 💕. The hospital got me a walker. I'm not sure I truly need it, but it's my security blanket if I get too dizzy fast. It does make me feel older, but I don't want to know how my stitches will feel if I fall!

My hope & prayer is that from now on each day will be a little better, and yet, I also pray that I can be patient with setbacks as well.

Thanks again for all your love, support, and prayers. I see God's love shine though you.