Reduced Pain

It has been 3 weeks since my last surgery, and my pain levels have gone down significantly. It still hurts to raise my arms high enough to style my hair, but it is improving (slowly). This slow healing has caused some delays in getting back to doing my LIVE demos in my Facebook group. 

Foods and drinks make my stomach hurt, which naturally makes me eat less. As a result, I have lost ten pounds in a week. Laughing still hurts, as does too much standing and walking, but I'm finding I can bend more easily than I could even last week. There is definitely a learning curve when recovering from a series of multiple surgeries.

Pain has also kept me sleeping well, which is difficult to handle when you have three kids to take care of. With the kids home, I am doing a lot more cleaning, which is definitely going to slow down the healing process.

I am thankful for the time I did have while the kids were with their grandparents, and the extra help I got for a few days when the grandparents brought them back.