15 days past surgery

It is the 15th day since I had the neck surgery.  It has been a rocky couple of weeks for sure.  The surgery went well and the surgeon was happy with how I was afterwards.  I would say that it was probably the relief of still being alive that got me through the first day lol. The pain has been quite bad and I hate taking pain meds but I did take them religiously the first week. This past week I have been trying to cycle down.

My husband has been an absolute gem.  He has taken wonderfully good care of me.

There is considerable improvement in my arm strength and agility and I do not get the numbness any more at night which is a great blessing.  The pain in my neck is bothersome though but I am sure in good time it will fade away.

Added to the above I had a uninary tract infection and tummy upset which sent me to the doctors for antibiotics yesterday.

So other than a lot of feeling sorry for myself, which I am trying to overcome, not much else has been going on.

I certainly haven't felt like making things.  I hope that too will go away in time.

Update on things.....and only a little to do with making things!

The past few weeks have been hectic to say the least.  We got to spend three days with family last week then hospital appointments for us both and now a visit from our son from California to help do a few things we can no longer tackle ourselves.  He leaves tomorrow, sadly.

Then on Monday, I go in for the neck surgery.  The surgeon said it would be a 2-3 hour procedure as he has to take out 2 discs, replace with bone to open the vertebrae back up to relieve the compression on the nerves, take off the bone spurs that are digging into my spinal cord and put in a titanium plate. Yikes! It is essential though as my arms are pretty useless right now and this should help.  It will take a reasonable time for everything to get back to normal the surgeon said but the long term prognosis is good.

So other than a few repair jobs on my husband's shorts there has not been any making things.

Woops, I forgot, we did make a catapult (sling shot) for our grandson's birthday last month. Actually, it was mostly my husband's handiwork, I was just the assistant lol.