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June 20: At my house and in Stow at Judy’s for my rehab.


June 19: Stayed at home last Saturday eve with pop while Kim and Mike did a social gig. Feeling so much easier at home. I mean at first just climbing stairs to the second floor 2-3x/day was a chore. Now…I do feel it but it’s totally good on a repetitive basis. Also much easier to cook. Cleaning? Well, I’m still on this super strict gig with my upper body so I cannot do normal chores that involve lifting or pulling more than ten pounds of torque. Man it’s tough, in that some things I just don’t think about until….oops! But I’ve not had anything that’s been really heavy. I’m sure I’ve gone a couple lbs over on occasion, but for the most part I have done a really good job of adhering to my restrictions.

So from one standpoint I feel pretty ready to resume my prior role in life, but from another I just have to wait until I’m giving the go-ahead to stress my upper body to a larger degree. I’m hoping it’s just another week of this with the upper body and then they let me go up a bit on the restriction so I can: take out the garbage, mow the lawn, clean the house, move large objects….and drive the car!!!!! Oh what we take for granted. 

Took our dog Pepper for a walk this morning for about 1:35 hours at my 3 mph pacing. Seems my legs have been sore from the slight jump in volume and intensity since I met my cardiologist last Thursday. I wouldn’t have thought it would have made such a difference, but my legs are just muscular sore from the bump up. Now I do have a tendon in the back of my left leg that is a bit too sore, and I’m hoping this guy doesn't dog me in the future. It felt good today while walking, but post walk, well it was tender. 

Chest is feeling better with less pain. Now my scars, the zippers on my chest and left forearm are really starting to itch. I’d been warned that this could happen, and man, there are times where I just want to itch the skin raw along the sides of those scars. It can be maddening at times. Everything is now scab-free, and that could be part of the reason for the intense itching as of late. 

Cooked dinner today at the house with Kim and Judy for Father’s Day, and as I mentioned, it’s so much easier now for me to cook, wash dishes and just spend an hour or two in the kitchen without feeling like I’d just ran a marathon. We had a great time at dinner, joking with pop like I hadn’t had a chance to do in some 6 weeks. Still hurts just a bit in the sternum when I start to let out a good laugh, but hell, it’s worth every second of pain!

Went back to Judy’s to watch “The Comeback”. In some small, insignificant way I’d like to think that I can do something just as spectacular with my comeback. I’m sure doing all I can right now to make that a reality by approaching it….one day at a time!