It is 6 weeks since my surgery and I continue to recover well. I slept really well last night. It is so nice to be able to sleep normally in bed with my normal pillows, on my side. It is comfortable. I am finally having a complication from my procedure that I’ll call about today. … Read more
I slept fine when I slept and but couldn’t get back to sleep much after 2am. I slept on my side and no pain pills. It may have been the house was too warm. We will work on that. Sacramento is getting warmer. I took my walk at a slightly slower pace and I’m more … Read more
I think I slept better. It was certainly different. First I was back to my usual pillows which have me very flat. I also didn’t take a pain pill since if I lay the right way, my chest muscles don’t really bother me. I don’t remember if I slept on my back or side starting … Read more
I slept solidly from arond 9:30 to 5am-ish. I also was sleeping much more flat than normal which was nice. I.e. fewer pillows. I took a pain pill. But I still felt tired. I imagine I hadn’t slept well enough the previous couple of days. After breakfast I took a 90 minute nap till around … Read more
I slept fairly well again and was up by around 5am and couldn’t get back to sleep. I suppose being able to sleep longer or get back to sleep would help me last through the day but I remember reading some days ago that tired was common for many weeks after surgery. I found a … Read more
I Slept well. Stretching is still helping my sternum feel better and I continue to gradually lose weight. I spent much of the day working on a small business proposal for some follow on work with one of my clients. I got it done and got some good initial feedback based on some questions I … Read more
Sleep was interesting. I’ve been heading to bed around 8 most evenings. I’m just exhausted by then. I read or watch something and generally try to sleep by around 9. (Digression: Last night was “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” on Amazon. Somewhere I had heard something about it. It isn’t what I expected and not really … Read more
5 weeks since my surgery. I slept really well. I think the big problem I’m having with discomfort with my sterum is I’m not doing any stretching exercises. There are some simple ones I’m supposed to do but I never consider stretching to be worthwhile. Except I know that it is and would help. And … Read more
Outside of being awake for several hours I slept well and feel good so far. And I caught up with the latest episode of WestWorld. And continued watching the new season of Amazon’s football documentary series. And then slept more. My walk was good. I needed to get a refill of my pain meds (which … Read more
I slept much better and feel more human today. I’ll do everything I can to stay well rested. I scheduled some more blog posts. I’ve been having trouble coming up with images for each post and sometimes with catchy titles with blog posts. But I’m still writing and still updating and it has been 33 … Read more