Re: Carol how was ur 1st day back at work?

May 20, 2005

Sara,

My first day back wasn't too bad. There were Welcome Back balloons

waiting for me, gentle hugs, words of encouragement. A couple people

were " surprised at how swollen " I was - which didn't make me feel

very good (especially since I had explained that before I left) but

most were thoughtful with their opinions. I was only in for four

hours, and mostly wandered through e-mails and organized things a

bit. Of course, there were people that didn't follow direction and

submitted work to me instead of the person that was covering for me -

so I have some " catch up " to do today. <shrug>

I actually woke up with this shooting/stabbing pain in my chin

yesterday morning before ever uttering a word. I think it might have

something to do with the way the swelling is moving. The pain is

right in a spot where I have a Skeletal Wire and I think it either

got more or less swollen up close to the incision - which made it

painful. I tolerated it all day the best I could. The over the

counter stuff barely took the edge off. It stopped hurting late at

night after a good meal (new england clam chowder blends really

well!) and some heat - I found a Bed Buddy and Bed, Bath & Beyond and

it was wonderful!

So, actually it's 6 more weeks until I'm unwired. Sometimes the

time feels like it's flying and other times it crawls along like a

really slow snail.

17 days!!!???!!! Amazing!

Have a great day,

Carol

> Carol, how was your first day back at work? I know it was only half

a

> day but it must have been hard nonetheless. Maybe that's why you

have a

> pain in your chin, too much talking perhaps? Did you find that time

> went by more quickly while busy at work or was it just painful?

Hope it

> was the first!! So you only have four more weeks until you get

> unwired?! My countdown to surgery is just 17 more days to go. Phew!

>

> Sara

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