After the 2nd surgery-at home!

Sunday, August 17

I did not make it to church this morning!  My brain said "go", but my body said "can't do it. Dan encouraged me to take it easy for another week.. I hated to miss the church picnic today after church.

 It's been two weeks since the 2nd procedure. I am still using the walker for the most part.  I feel more secure with it.  I can walk around the house without it, but if I want to "speed walk", I use the walker. Let's see, for the week, I went out to the Verizon store.  Bought a tablet for $50.00, instead of $400+ for a new phone since my contract isn't up for another year.  But a friend gave me a flip phone which is a little antiquated after using a smart phone. But I can call and text on it and the tablet can do everything else.  I have the same phone #. 402-679-3576.

My next big trip out was to the beauty shop to get my head shaved to match the part that was shaved from the surgery - (which was quite a bit of hair).  My hairdresser, Shawna, left me some bangs in case I wanted tbo show a little hair from under the caps I wear. I haven't tried my wig yet.  Maybe I'll practice tomorrow putting it own.

I have a lot of an uncomfortable feeling where the neurotransmitter is placed.  There's still quite a bit of redness and I've been putting Cortisone as well as triple antibiotic ointment on the sight.  I mentioned to Julie that I thought I might be allergic to the glue that was used, but she thought it was the pre-wash scrub. But I keep trying to remove all the glue and wash the area with a soft wash cloth.  Julie suggested I use a loofa, but that gave me the heebbie geebbies.

Tomorrow I am going to try to play bridge for a few hours in the afternoon.  A friend is going to pick me up.  I haven't felt like driving yet.  When I go back to the doctor on Thursday, I'll ask him when I should be able to  drive again.  I need my legs to feel a little more normal first.  Maybe after getting my neurotransmitter "tweaked some more, then that will help with my legs as well.

My right arm and hand is pretty good as far as the tremors go.  My left hand is good if I just hold it out straight and touch my nose, but if I raise it up to my head then the tremors start. And just typing, the right is good, but the left if somewhat jittery.  So we need to do some more calibrating of the stimulator (assuming my brain is working!!)