2011 photo of the day : day 21

The day after my surgery. It went well. It was an outpatient procedure, so I got home yesterday afternoon. The procedure went well and I didn’t get sick from the anesthesia or anything like that. The old pain I was feeling seems to be gone. I can cough/clear my throat without feeling shooting pain through my body. That is good. I have some soreness at the incision site, to be expected. I have been icing it and have pills to deal with any pain. Hard to find a comfortable position though. I received some beautiful photos today from my mom, dad and brother. I was able to take a picture of them today.

2011 photo of the day : day 20

Today is the big day. The day of my back surgery. I decided to take a picture this morning so I would be all caught up with photo of the day. I have never had surgery, but I cant imagine I will feel like doing it later. Hopefully all goes well and my recovery is quick. Don’t want to miss too much of photo of the day! A picture of my girl Nutty.

photo of the day : day 19

Tomorrow is my surgery. I am starting to get a bit nervous, though all my wonderful friends and family assure me everything will go fine. I am starting to imagine what life will be like being free of this pain I have been in for almost three months. I can barely remember it seems. I will focus on that. I can’t eat anything after midnight tonight. After that, I can only have a small amount of clear liquid until 5am, and then nothing until after my surgery. Today, I took a picture of some glitter eye shadow that Santa gave me this year. I got glitter all over my hand (and everything I touch, including my camera), but I was happy with the shot I got.

photo of the day : day 18

This morning I got a call from the neurosurgeon’s office and found out my surgery is scheduled for this Thursday. Yes, as in the day after tomorrow (try not to think of the Dennis Quaid movie). I have to go in for a pre-op visit this afternoon. I can’t believe it will be happening so fast. But, I am glad I won’t have to long to stress out about it. I am ready for it to be done. The pain is getting worse daily. Today I was going to try and do something creative, but then I saw the little dude sitting there and I couldn’t resist. It just seemed easier, and with everything else going on, sometimes easy is all I can handle.

2011 photo of the day : day 17

Monday. Not my most favorite day of the week. Things are still beyond hectic at work since the last round of layoffs. I guess this is just the new normal. Also, today I found out my back surgery may be scheduled for later this week or next week. I am, to be honest, a bit scared about the surgery (I mean, it is surgery), but I am very ready to be out of pain. I am so used to being in pain now, I think it will be weird not be in pain, but I am so looking forward to it. Today, I just took some more pictures of the pets (they are always so handy). Not really sure where I was going on the processing with this one. Just playing around.