Re: Katja - welcome back

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Hi Irene, Thanks for writing! I was so glad to be home as well. Thank

goodness I had gone to a lot of effort before hand to get my room

ready so it would be really comfortable when I got home... BUT, I

miss having the nurse just come and inject something in the IV line

to administer meds. The syringes and all are getting old! Which

surgery did you have? And when was yours done? These days I'm not

remembering much! I have been having fun the past couple days with a

nose that wont stop draining! It was packed to begin with and that

was totally nasty! And I don't know about you or anyone else, but

for the past two days I have felt like an alien unveiling myself as

my dry skin peels off my face. It has been completely wierd having

this layer over my face of dry tight skin. I feel like a lizard

shedding my skin or something! Did you experience that? Regardless,

it's nice to have my skin back (except for where the chin bandage is-

but that unveiling is tomorrow. I've very nervous!) Oh, and I was

checking my body for weightloss and found horrible swelling by my

ankles and out of nowwhere I have saddlebags!!! I was shocked and

horrified!! I guess it is fluid collection there since I've been

sleeping really upright and haven't been as active as I normally am.

BUT just the same, to see curves where there aren't normally any and

then, I couldn't find my ankle bones in the shower. Ahhh the fun

unexpected joys of jaw surgery. At least everyday seems to get better

and is one more day that the surgery is BEHIND me. I can't wait for

most of the swelling to go down!!! How long did it take for the

majority of yours to go down?? Keep in touch and thanks for listening

to all of my trials & tribulations Katja