I’m now a month postop and doing well. I’m mostly pain free unless I overdo it, which is easier to do than I would expect and always involves walking too far/too long. You would think I would learn, right? Nope. My incision area is still hypersensitive, but not quite as much before. That is the thing that bothers me the most and certain clothing can irritate it, like zippered shorts/pants.
I’m now walking 2 miles in a day with no issues. John says I get a little slower as the walk goes on, but I just make sure I slow down if I feel any hint of pulling inside. I’ve got 2 more weeks of restrictions and should be cleared by my doctor for normal stuff at my next appointment. I have to be careful mostly with the 10 pound lifting restriction. Things you don’t think about like picking up the box of cat litter or getting a package delivery and it’s 15 pounds. Or even full grocery bags.
On my last riding day before surgery, I got a flat tire. In checking the actual tire (not the tube), it is worn out. After several thousand miles, it’s time for replacement. So, new shoes arrived for my bike to get ready for riding again:
On my first full walk to downtown and back, John and I went to the vegan festival. It was his birthday and instead of the caverns trip we were going to do (pre surgery scheduling), we did this. The trip to the caverns will happen at the end of the month, btw. We aren’t vegan, but good food is good food, right?
I had some spicy peanut noodles:
Yum! John had a chana masala bread bowl with vegan bread:
There was a fun glamping tent set up there as well. This was one of the ones that holds a bunch of people, but they have different sizes.
I guess it comes set up like this so you just show up. That bed was quite comfy, too. Not like camping when I was younger where you had to set up your own tent and just tried to find a spot with no rocks under your sleeping bag LOL!
I baked John’s birthday cake – a request of the best chocolate cake ever.
I changed it up a little by splitting the layers into four and spreading a little orange marmalade in between each layer. It truly is a delicious cake!
I’m so proud at how even I got the layers LOL.
Your cake looks just beautiful – Pinterest worthy!
Glad to hear you are starting to resume some semblance of normality. I think I would use the incision irritation as a reason to only wear stretchy pants and shorts. Oh wait, I do that already lol!
Also, the title of your blog gave me an earworm:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7Bc3pLyij0
I like to call those “buffet pants” 😀
All my years of camping in my childhood were just as you described – try to find the least rockiest place (the kids were tasked with moving the bigger rocks), put up the tent, sometimes exhaust yourself blowing up a mattress (aka a pool float, LOL) and end up sleeping in the bag directly on the floor because the air mattress sprang a leak over night. Glamping, sheesh. WHERE IS THE SUFFERING?
Really happy to hear how well you’re recovering – what you described about not lifting a full bag of groceries is one of the reasons why I can’t do grocery shopping (the other being walking too much). Progress, though, is good!
Oh – that cake looks beautiful and delicious, mmmmm chocolate! Belated HPD to John!
Yeah, I like the idea of glamping. If only they would cook, too! 😀
Putting marmalade between the layers of chocolate cake sounds fantastic! I’m going to have to check that recipe out.
It’s a really good recipe. John has asked for it twice – and he’s a chocoholic, so you know it’s good!