Glad you made it through in your usual style!
We had a fun comping mechanism during my recoveries: my family gave me a little jar of shiny arcade tokens. We called them the “bitch chits.” If I felt like snapping was inordinately grumpy or had a hard time asking for help, I used a bitch chit as a “get out of jail free card.” This made the occasional bad mood into a joke, and it made it easier for me to ask for help. YMMV – I hated handing them over! However, they helped me avoid the “oopses” that set patients in recovery back because they do more than they should.
I hope you heal as fast and as well as I did!
10 Comments
Shannon
Yay. You made it. One hour at a time.
Glyn
Never give in and never be beaten. You will soon be back at what you love doing. Just a bit of R n R needed now.
Mary Jo Rabe
I’m so glad things went well. Please take all the time you need to recover completely.
Kat
Glad you’re back home and the surgery went well, Dean. Hope the healing goes fast and smoothly.
Kate Pavelle
Glad you made it through in your usual style!
We had a fun comping mechanism during my recoveries: my family gave me a little jar of shiny arcade tokens. We called them the “bitch chits.” If I felt like snapping was inordinately grumpy or had a hard time asking for help, I used a bitch chit as a “get out of jail free card.” This made the occasional bad mood into a joke, and it made it easier for me to ask for help. YMMV – I hated handing them over! However, they helped me avoid the “oopses” that set patients in recovery back because they do more than they should.
I hope you heal as fast and as well as I did!
J.R. Johnson
Power of a streak, indeed! So glad the surgery went well…
Emilia
Wishing a speedy and easy recovery
Vincent Zandri
Prayers Dean. You’ll be back in the saddle in no time….
Mark
Dean, may your recovery go well and be a speedy one (sorry if speed’s the last thing on your mind right now.)
Harold Goodman
Where is the update from Kris?
I still cannot locate her contact email on her site.
You will make it through. Use all your energy to recover.