The end of Day 38 and all’s well. A few little things to report, probably of interest to no one except my future self (maybe not even her).
Last night I woke and without thinking rolled on to my non operated side. Then I thought, oops, not supposed to do that, no pillow between legs etc. But since I was already there, I stayed put. All fine, nothing hurt. But it wasn’t the wonderful comfortable position I’d imagined. Perhaps because I’ve bought a new pillow for sleeping on my back, but my shoulder felt wrong. So I rolled back to lie on my back. But I think the change shows that these things happen when our bodies are ready.
The area round my incision is a lot less swollen/bumpy and numb than it was. I got H to trace round my scar with his finger at a distance of 3 inches, 2 inches, 1 inch. (I can’t actually see it well enough to do it myself). Normal sensation 2 inches out. One small numb patch below scar at 1 inch out.
I took a shower without having H in the bathroom to hand me crutches, soap, towel etc. The last time I tried that was Day 25 and it took me two days to recover. This time easy-peasy. Progress!
We walked to a new cafe that has just opened a couple of blocks away. About a third of a mile each way. Easy to cover the distance (though slow). The cafe is part of a chain, so the food was nothing special, but the coffee was good. H’s phone recorded 1300 steps each way, seems about right for the distance, he was taking short steps to keep pace with me. My phone recorded 1036 on the way there and zero on the way back. What is going on there?!
I had a brief try at walking indoors with one crutch held just above the ground, but I can see from my reflection in a conveniently placed glass door that I am lurching from side to side a bit. I’m going to leave off trying that for now, and concentrate on walking smoothly with one crutch indoors, two outdoors. I think if I leave it alone, like sleeping on my side, walking without aids will just happen.
The sun was shining today. My mood is much more cheerful. These things are almost certainly connected.