Austria/Re: Survived the work day...

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Austria,

Thanks a bunch! I think trying to get back to a somewhat normal

routine helps get your mind off of the blahs of the recovery for

awhile. It is nice to see that life still does exist beyond this

surgery. For awhile it felt like this surgery was my life.

My recommendation to all pre & post opers is to take the time to

pull away from this site and try to find an activity or hobby that

you enjoy to help get your mind off this surgery for at least a

short time during the day. It surely will help!

Anyway, best of luck to ya,

--Caboose

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> > Hi All,

> >

> > Just letting you all know that I did survive my

> > first day back at

> > work after surgery. I think everyone at the office

> > was more shocked

> > at my weight loss than my red nose, puffy cheeks,

> > and swollen lip.

> > The day started out well with enjoying all the

> > attention I was

> > getting being my first day back. But around 10:00am

> > I started to

> > feel tore up from the floor up and was getting so

> > tired and really

> > thought I was going to have to take the remainder of

> > the day off.

> > But I somehow made it to 12:00 noon and took an hour

> > nap on the

> > couch. My coworker was even so kind to cover me up

> > with a blanket

> > during my nap. I felt better in the afternoon,

> > probably because it

> > was getting closer to the time to go home..(haha) I

> > get off at

> > 3:30pm.

> >

> > I found the biggest problem today was eating. I did

> > manage a small

> > bowl of grits this morning and then around 11:00am I

> > started getting

> > hungry and didn't have time to fix anything, so I

> > just grabbed a jar

> > of baby food and chowed down on my entree...(haha)

> > My coworkers of

> > course had a laugh on that one. I even made them

> > laugh harder when I

> > pulled out my Italy imported colored baby spoon to

> > eat my entree

> > with. When 12:00 rolled around I really didn't feel

> > like eating

> > because after all I just had my big entree of baby

> > food an hour ago...

> > (haha) So I just took an hour nap. The main

> > problem I noticed today

> > was that I surely didn't get enough calories down

> > today like I had

> > been doing at home.

> >

> > I did notice an added bonus from the surgery today

> > that I never heard

> > anyone mention yet. My laugh lines are now gone!

> > Also I had a few

> > small wrinkles around my eyes and they have also

> > disappeared. Now it

> > could be the swelling making it appear they have

> > disappeared, but for

> > now I am going to enjoy this non wrinkled, red

> > nosed, swollen face..

> > (haha) So as an added bonus I also had cosmetic

> > surgery..(haha)

> > Okay, wishful thinking!

> >

> > --Caboose

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