Day 23 – Sleeping
I had a hard time getting to sleep and experimented with Tylenol at 2am-ish instead pain meds. In hindsight I can’t fully account for why I did that. I didn’t end up getting much sleep. I went on a grocery … Read More
Michael Helmke
Day 22 – Lightening my Load
I got my lab work done in preparation for my appointment with the surgeon Friday. And I’m finishing up a couple of things needed for the Friday launch of my client’s web site. They are very happy with the work … Read More
Day 21 – Healing Progress
I include side by side photos of my healing chest incision at the bottom. If you don’t want to see that, don’t scroll all the way down… My system with the pain meds and sleeping continues to work so I … Read More
Day 20 – Still doing well.
I took an extra dose of pain meds around 3:30am which got me comfortable and back to sleep till around 7:30am. So despite being awake at 10:30pm and a couple other times through the night I got pretty good accumulated … Read More
Day 19 – Celeriac
Again, I didn’t sleep well past around 4:30am. This is getting tiring (yes, literally). I may try sleeping in the recliner tonight if I wake up again. Once I wake up I just felt uncomfortable and couldn’t find an easy … Read More
Day 18 – Eating Out
I couldn’t sleep well past around 4:30 so I’ll be tired today. My Girlfriend brought me chorizo sausage from the wonderful market in St Paul so we had some for breakfast which was delicious. I have missed that. It really … Read More
Day 17 – Grumpy
I took a pain pill before bed and slept till around 1:30am and couldn’t get back to sleep. took another pill at 3:30 and made it to 7:30 and feel ok. Along the way I got farther through Season 1 … Read More
Day 16 – Red Sauce
I realize that yesterday was one of those not so great days To review, I was told that could happen every couple of days and it probably does. I feel a lot better today. I had a hard time sleeping … Read More
Day 15 – Elevated Feet Again…
I slept pretty well for once from 10pm till around 5:30am though I woke up a few times and went back to sleep. I went on a longer grocery expedition with my mom and stopped at my apartment to get … Read More
Day 14 – Slow Walking
I couldn’t get back to sleep after 2:30am. Really. I was just awake. I couldn’t find a comfortable position. I’ll probably need a nap later. I decided I needed to do walking at a slower pace so that I could … Read More