I'm discharged!

Well, strange as it is, I didn't realise how poorly I was last week until now when I feel hundreds of times better. Don't get me wrong I tire very easily and its so damn hard not to do things that involve your tummy muscles.

District Nurse visited on Monday and decided to gently probe my wound. She knew what a mard arse I was so was very gentle. I didn't feel a thing when she confirmed that there were no side ways tracking and she only went 1cm deep. hmmm does that mean I'm healing inside WITHOUT the help of the packing or that she was simply being too careful not to probe deeper?

Over the next few days the leakage got less and less and on Wednesday had stopped. On examination the district nurse confirmed the wound had healed and she would discharge me from their care.............SEE SEE!!!! I am soooooooo glad I insisted on no packing!! else to this day they would have still been visiting daily and my wound would still be open.........

Now I am healed I can have that long soak in the bath I have been desiring for days.
I drag the table with my laptop on to the bathroom so I can listen to my music and do just that, the classical piano pieces are so relaxing.
I soak for hours, regularly topping up with hot water using my toes on my right foot.
As the afternoon progresses and I am moving around in the bath I realise just how much I need my tummy muscles as I am beginning to feel pain, mainly down on the right side, something similar to the feeling of over working my tummy muscles during an exercise session.
Pain killers at the ready I get out, put on my pj's on and settle on the sofa.

Tomorrow I am going out with some old colleagues for lunch, we do this quite regularly, usually every few months. Its nice to keep in touch.
I know what I want to wear but they need ironing annnnnnnnnd according to the paper work I am not allowed to do any ironing for 6 weeks.
I hint but don't really like to ask Dave to do it for me. He doesn't take the hint so on waking I set to ironing my clothes. I don't iron them to the usual standard but at least they look less creased ! AND it didn't hurt!.......

I have letters I need to compose so get onto that job immediately. My intention is to carry the lappy upstairs when I go get dressed and print off the letters then.
Should I be carrying my lappy upstairs? probably not but I will take my time !!! and it has to be done .......
As I finish my last letter I get up to go get showered, I have an hour before I am to be picked up!!! who am I kidding!!! I have miss read the time and the girls pull up at that moment! OHHHHHHHH HELLLLLLLLL I am so embarrassed!
I am ready in record time!! they are laughing at me for mistaking the time!! and NO I did not print off my letters !

We had a lovely lunch but my God I was tired out! I slept for the next few hours after returning home.

Its when you do things as simple as lunch and you are tired out that you realise just how easy it is to over do it. Well maybe the ironing had a little bit to do with it as well as the rushed dressing !!