Wow. Getting my insides cut up hurt more than I thought it would. I'm on the mend and mostly better, but I did not think it would be this tough.
I asked the surgeon if I could see my gall stones after they came out. She said, "No, they're a bio-hazard, but I'll try to remember to take pictures of them." I got 4 lovely full color photos of my gall bladder and stones. Even after doing the gall bladder cleanse in April where I got a couple hundred pea-sized and smaller stones out, I still had a gall bladder jammed full of stones. Big marble-sized stones with sharp edges. No wonder I hurt so much!
Fortunately, Mom and Dad let me stay at their house for 4 days while my pain, grogginess and nausea were at their worst. It was nice being there and being well taken care of. Mom and Sheri made sure I ate and Dad made sure I walked a little every day.
I think by the time I have my follow up visit, I'll be pretty much back to normal. By then it will have been 2 weeks and 1 day since my surgery.
I really, really don't want to go back to my yucky stressful job, though. If I didn't need the money, I would quit. Mom found a children's librarian job in the Clipper that sounds fun and pays $2.12 more/hour than I'm making now and more than likely has benefits. I'm totally applying next week.
Benefits would be nice. I probably wouldn't have to wait 2 months to have surgery, like I had to this time around. Thank goodness surgery finally happened! I have a feeling that once I recover, I'll feel 100% better than I did with a gall bladder and I'll be able to eat many more foods than I've been able to.
David brought me home yesterday and the house was pretty clean. David even cleaned out the bedroom and had each of the kids clean a room. I was impressed. I'm glad to be home now, with a few more days off before I have to go back to work.
I'm going to go take a nap now...
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glad you survived and hope you are feeling good. You have been replaced by Ollie Young who is asleep on the bed here in the computer room. He wonders off and has come back so far.
Every day I'm feeling a little better. I think I'm going back to work on Monday. Hope Ollie is enjoying your house as much as I did!
Glad you enjoyed staying here. We enjoyed having you. Glad you are feeling better every day. Hope all is well at your house. We went to Mendon yesterday to Charles Worley's funeral.
Heidi, have you ever applied at banks. I worked at Zions and First Security which is now Wells Fargo. They have pretty nice conditions, but I don't know how much they pay these days. It has been 47 years since I worked at a bank. Maybe a credit union would be nice. Love you lots.
Nope, I haven't applied at a bank or credit union. I think I'm going to wait until after I've covered for Lorry in September, then start looking for another job. I'm trying to figure out how much notice to give Joe...and how to break it to him and Lorry...
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