Day 14 - Hi my name is Lauren and I am a teeth grinder. I have been for the last 4 years. I have a mouth guard that I wear at night but on this day I took a nap and didn't use It. Sometimes this is not a problem. I don't always grind with the same ferocity but unfortunately this time I aggravated the hell out of my jaw. Thus began days of pain. At this point swapping to ibuprofen seemed to help my jaw more than the Darvocet. This is one way to cut back quickly on the heavy narcotics. I did however start taking some muscle relaxants to help speed along relief.
So here is my first wound picture at 2 weeks. You've got to love the symmetry of the two scars!Day 15 - New Year's Eve - there were 11 of us on the night celebrating the coming of 2011. I certainly was not ready to start on alcohol so it was a quieter celebration for me. All in all a good night was had by all.
Day 17 - Period started (only 4 days late). Everything is now officially in working order.
Day 18 - My first trip out of the house. This is a good week earlier than the last time. Getting into the car wasn't too tricky and I used 2 pillows to prop my leg up and get the right angle. Off we headed to Gamestop to get a new game for my new Wii system. Parking was tricky so I ended up staying in the car. This Christmas gift should help pass some of the next weeks to come. From there we headed to Target and I got to take my very first electric scooter ride around the store. Most people get out of the way quickly and are polite. I'm sure there is fair amount of curiosity due to my age. After Target we headed to a burger joint to get take out food. For this I got out of the car and walkered in to order. You certainly can get some strange looks on a walker. People really don't know what to make of it. This was our last stop and armed with burgers, fries and shakes we headed home. I must say that this was a very tiring trip. Getting in and out of cars and walkering around can take it out of you. It was a lot of fun and well worth the fatigue to get out of the house for a few hours. Thanks Mom and Todd!
Day 19 - Wound care is not always easy. It is possible for your wound to split around the leg crease area. This is the spot that gets the most movement. Dr S's advice - keep the wound dry, don't use Neosporin, use butterfly strips to close the split areas where the Steri-Strips have come off and use gauze to protect the wound.
Day 20 - In less than 24 hours the wound filled in and in other areas closed up. We will keep a close eye on it and make sure that it doesn't get worse. It all looks like it should be just fine. Over the next few days it should scab over and continue to heal.
Day 21 - 3 weeks down, 5 to go!
1 comments:
Lauren, so glad to read your updates! I am at 5 weeks post LPAO and you were right, it isn't as bad as I imagined it would be. In fact I have to keep asking myself if I actually had a PAO...seriously. I had nearly zero pain after surgery. The butt was the worst thing I think. You sound like you're doing really well! And I loved your post on the enema...I had a similar scenario myself...fortunately it did not require the enema!! Keep it up:)
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