Long days

Now that I don't feel so incapacitated, it just seems the days take forever. I get the value of rest and recovery but man...I am finding watching the clock and calendar to be mighty frustrating.

I am going without pain meds this morning just to see how it goes. I want a more realistic feeling for where I am in recovery. I'll either feel pretty good about it, or end up curled up in the fetal position watching Oprah.

I have a pain in my lower back, more on the side, that hurts when I breath deep, in fact its the most painful thing I have lingering...not my chest, incision or anything sensible like that...my kidney area??? Doc says we should keep an eye on it...

My stitches are coming out slowly and it's amazing how quick that heals. I had the surgeon do the incision like a shark bite so I can show it off to chicks at the beach.