One month today. The scar is healing well, though the swelling doesn't seem to have gone down much. I'm really hoping the keloid doesn't form again; so far it doesn't look like it will. I've been really tired and dragging the last few days despite sleeping 7-8 straight hours most nights. I still have some pain and take OTC pain relief as needed. Yesterday I walked to my mailbox, stopped to pull a hose out to a young tree to water, and then had to go lie down as I was out of breath and a bit shaky. It's so frustrating to not be able to do anything still. Stripping the bed so hubby could put new sheets on tires me out-it's ridiculous. I know this will get better eventually, but I still have to get through it. I knew I'd have to do some recovery, but didn't think it'd be this bad for this long considering it wasn't a huge surgery.
I am doing fine without a cane and haven't touched it all week. My appetite is still spotty-I really don't feel hungry most of the time, but make myself eat, even though I don't eat very much at a time. Yesterday I didn't feel like eating, so had a small quesadilla at lunchtime as it's something I can eat even if I don't want to eat. I wasn't hungry again until around 9:30 last night, and even then I wasn't very hungry, but ate a small bowl of some navy bean soup. I'm so glad I made so many meals and froze them-it's easy to pull out a vacuum bag of homemade soup and quickly heat it. I can't blame my lack of appetite on pain meds, so I think part of it is I'm not as active as usual, so don't get that hungry as a result.
Overall, I do see some progress with my recovery, but it's really sloooooow........