Just venting - 10 week post-op

[Guest guest]

Well here I am 10 weeks post-op, I can barely chew, I'm getting sick

of fish and pasta. I am taking 4 to 5 pain pills a day and muscle

relaxers to sleep. Of course this means I cannot drive and have to be

driven everywhere or not take the pills if I have to drive and then

the pain won't let me focus on driving.

Through exercise and doing everything I've been instructed by my

doctores I have increased my opening from 12 to 22 MM and seem to

have plateaud there. The physical therapy doesn't help much but it is

relaxing to have the heat and them someone massage my face, though at

$20 copay a visit I could have gone to a spa for a week by now with

what I have paid!

I still have swelling, I can't start back to the ortho. As you can

tell I am very frustrated.

To top it off I have a long-time live in boyfriend who is pretty

unsupportive and indifferent ( I think I've mentioned this before), I

can be sitting and crying from pain for 10 minutes and he will

casually look over and say " does it hurt? " . This whole situation has

probably been the boost I need to move out, but now that I want to I

don't think I am physically or emotionally able to deal with finding

an apartment and moving. Just thinking about it exhausts me.

I also found out yesterday that I was passed over for a promotion

that I really wanted, I'm sure this problem I am going through

contributed to that decision. I've had to drop one of the 3 classes I

signed up for this semester so that means I will probably not get my

degree in May and start grad school as I planned.

Oh! and my mother went to burg VA to visit my Aunt for a

month so I can't even go cry to her.

I see my Dr. again next week I'm not sure what the next step will be

we have discussed several.

I don't want you all to think I am on the edge. I am glad I had the

surgery. I will deal with this and get through it and move out and

life will go on. I have been through other tough times, there is not

much that life can throw at me that will keep me down for long. But I

just need to get it all out and off of my chest and I know I have a

sympathetic ear(s) here.

Thanks for listening

Marsha

[Guest guest]

Well here I am 10 weeks post-op, I can barely chew, I'm getting sick

of fish and pasta. I am taking 4 to 5 pain pills a day and muscle

relaxers to sleep. Of course this means I cannot drive and have to be

driven everywhere or not take the pills if I have to drive and then

the pain won't let me focus on driving.

Through exercise and doing everything I've been instructed by my

doctores I have increased my opening from 12 to 22 MM and seem to

have plateaud there. The physical therapy doesn't help much but it is

relaxing to have the heat and them someone massage my face, though at

$20 copay a visit I could have gone to a spa for a week by now with

what I have paid!

I still have swelling, I can't start back to the ortho. As you can

tell I am very frustrated.

To top it off I have a long-time live in boyfriend who is pretty

unsupportive and indifferent ( I think I've mentioned this before), I

can be sitting and crying from pain for 10 minutes and he will

casually look over and say " does it hurt? " . This whole situation has

probably been the boost I need to move out, but now that I want to I

don't think I am physically or emotionally able to deal with finding

an apartment and moving. Just thinking about it exhausts me.

I also found out yesterday that I was passed over for a promotion

that I really wanted, I'm sure this problem I am going through

contributed to that decision. I've had to drop one of the 3 classes I

signed up for this semester so that means I will probably not get my

degree in May and start grad school as I planned.

Oh! and my mother went to burg VA to visit my Aunt for a

month so I can't even go cry to her.

I see my Dr. again next week I'm not sure what the next step will be

we have discussed several.

I don't want you all to think I am on the edge. I am glad I had the

surgery. I will deal with this and get through it and move out and

life will go on. I have been through other tough times, there is not

much that life can throw at me that will keep me down for long. But I

just need to get it all out and off of my chest and I know I have a

sympathetic ear(s) here.

Thanks for listening

Marsha