Made It Through

I am a mess…

Kris is typing this for me to keep up my streak. She has written an update. Thanks for all the support.

10 Comments

Shannon

October 26, 2023 at 9:51 pm

Yay. You made it. One hour at a time.

Glyn

October 26, 2023 at 11:49 pm

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

October 27, 2023 at 1:46 am

I’m so glad things went well. Please take all the time you need to recover completely.

Kat

October 27, 2023 at 5:33 am

Glad you’re back home and the surgery went well, Dean. Hope the healing goes fast and smoothly.

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!