Just to give you an idea of my limited range of motion, I can't reach the microwave so making food is near impossible. I can brush my own hair as of today and I bathed myself last night, sort of. If you consider sitting in a tub and splashing water all of yourself via a plastic cup a bath, then YAY me! Twisting the tops of my pill bottles is virtually impossible as is reaching ice to make myself some ice water. I can now lift my ipad and laptop with some struggle but getting a shirt on and off is something you just gotta see to know the true depths of how funny and impossible that is. Thank gawd I have strong abs because I rely on those to literally throw myself up and out of bed. The pain is going away since having the drains removed and I can do more now that they are out but I still have a long way to go. Asking for help has never been a strong point for me so that has been a humbling lesson along the way. I am hoping after this weekend, I can start staying alone at night and be off my pain pills completely. And I can't tell you how hard it has been to not be able to work out, AT ALL! I even made my mom buy me some ankle weights at Target the other day so I could do SOMETHING. Not sure how much I can do with ankle weights but I will do something, by god! I think the thing I miss the most is yoga. Yoga did amazing things for my mind and body pre-surgery and I can't wait for 5-6 more weeks to pass, as my doc thinks I can slowly ease back into it. Until then I can do almost anything lower body like the stationary bike, squats, walking, etc, but even as of now, I can't do those as my upper body pain/strain won't let me.
So if you are able bodied, please do some yoga or jumping jacks or ANYTHING for me! I'll love you to the moon and back.
And now a funny...