Finally fell asleep around 2:00 this morning. Slept on and off until 7:30. My neck was pretty swollen this morning. I look like I have a turkey neck. Doing a better job of icing it every hour or two today for 15 to 20 minutes at a time and the swelling is going down.
Not much pain today. It is a bit stiff though. Hard to line up my bifocals with a stiff neck.
I did break down and take two pain pills yesterday to get rid of my headache. They worked and I haven’t had much of a headache today although it feels like it might be coming back. I won’t wait so long to take pain pills today if it comes back.
Made two cookie dough chocolate chip pecan pies and a pumpkin pie cake for the Pioneer Bluffs Fall Festival for tomorrow. I am so bummed I can’t go. The Surly Mermaid will be there serving yummy food. If you go to the Festival eat some Surly for me!
Have done a bit of knitting today. I’m getting tired of sitting already.
Blue skies have returned to the prairie this afternoon. The wind has returned too. More rain is in the forecast for tonight but tomorrow is to be a beautiful day. I have 3/4 inch in my rain gauge so far.
Heard from Nicole this morning. There was a bit of blue skies amidst the dark clouds on the beach this morning. She was able to go down and get in the water today between rain showers.
Walked down and fed the chickens their noon time greens. They have given me only eight eggs so far today. They have started slowing down laying with the nights getting longer. I told them I would slow down the amount of treats they get if they didn’t start laying better.
Craig took the grandkids today so I could rest. Not sure if I will have Ellexia tomorrow or not. I think she wanted to play with her neighbor’s tomorrow as my house is too boring since I don’t have a TV. Tagen is with his other grandma for the weekend.
Thinking after tomorrow I will start feeling even better. Usually the third day after surgery is the last hard day. I really can’t say any of the days have been hard though. Slight discomfort but not really much pain other than the headache. I go get the dressing removed Tuesday morning and then Tuesday afternoon go to my primary doctor to see what medications I can get off of. My blood pressure has been a bit high but thinking that is from the stress of the body adjusting to functioning without a thyroid. I’m sure it will take a bit for things to settle down.
So far this has been easier than I expected. Hard to remember to not do too much.
Healing. Sitting. Enjoying the sunshine. All is well on the prairie today.