Getting Back To Normal
My 6 week reign of taking it easy and “just being a queen” (as my PD nurse ordered) is just about over. Yesterday was 5 weeks since the surgery and I am moving around just great. I am still planning on being careful not to lift anything heavy but for the most part I am beginning to get back to normal.
We’ve done our chores this morning and we’ve had our school time (with more still to do). This afternoon we are going to make a bird feeder out of a 2 liter bottle. I am very sure the little birdies around here will be thankful they won’t have to go looking for food in this frigid cold!
There’s been some talk that fitting in all four exchanges with four hours between each might help me get my sleep schedule straightened out. It might just be so! This morning I was still pretty drowsy at 5ish (this is unusual) but I went ahead and got up and started my first exchange of the day. By the time I was through, cleaned up and restocked my cooler with more fluid bags, it was 6am and I count four hours from the time I finish – so my exchanges today should be 5:15, 10am, 2:30 and 7ish. That works well for me so I can still go to bed at a decent (for me – heh) hour if I need to. The later I get started the later I have to stay up.
Tomorrow is our first Friday school of the New Year and the boys are pretty excited about getting back.
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Becky, you have made the most amazing recovery from a hard surgery. I am so proud of you for following the “rules” and just getting back to it for you and your family. God has been faithful and so have you! Prayers still continue for you from here… Normal feels really good doesn’t it? I love you!
Becky, thanks for commenting on my last post. I finally had time this evening to come and take a peek at your web site, and I have a feeling that I’m going to be spending quite a bit of time here.
I wanted to ask … did the PD nurse come to your home? How long was your training?
Apparently, they all seem to do things differently … in my area, there are 4 days of training, and 1 at home day, but in a city about an hour away, the dialysis center there has 4 weeks of training, with up to 5 days a week in the first two weeks …
So glad to have found you, Becky! Please keep blogging!