Day 13 – Geeking out

Linksys WRT54GL

(NOTE:  I realize much of my audience has nowhere near the interest in computers and tech as I do.  Still, I’m going to write about what interests me.  However, if you run across something that is getting too technical, I am trying to keep such lapses limited to once per post and limited to a … Read more

Day 12 – Temporary Parting

Airplane Flying

I actually slept fairly well last night from 8:45pm to 3:30am, then up for a couple hours, then back to sleep and awakened violently by a 7am alarm.  Need to make sure my phone is within easy reach in future so my arms don’t do currently uncomfortable things when it goes off.  My Girlfriend was … Read more

Day 11 – Bloating

Ticket To Ride

I slept well in bed until around 2am and then I found I couldn’t easily get back to sleep.  I just couldn’t find a restful position after that so headed back to the recliner by 4am.  My weight was also up slightly over 2 pounds in 2 days.  This is something I was instructed to … Read more

Day 10 – The Good Place

The Good Place

I woke up a bunch of times during the night and eventually stayed up for a while at 3am.  I was hungry and finished up with The Good Place.  Very nice ending to season 1.  Not at all expected and I would be equally happy with it stopping there or trying to continue.  That was … Read more

Day 9 – Thursday

Space Game Thing

I had pretty weird sleep.  I went to bed really tired at 8:30pm then woke up at 10:30pm, went to the bathroom then back to sleep till 2am then awake.  I watched what I thought were the final two episodes of The Good Place, waiting for the twist ending, and found there were actually 13 … Read more

Day 8 – Chopped

Michael Chopping Vegetables

I had my first follow up doctor appointment today.  This was with my regular doctor, not the specialists.  He was glad to see me doing well and from his perspective everything looked normal.  All of my wounds looked like they should and he agreed I seemed to be doing well.  I was happy. I continued … Read more

Day 7 – Knife Kit

Michael's Knife Kit

For some reason I decided to switch up pain meds and just took Tylenol in the morning rather than the harder stuff.  There are definitely more aches and pains and it is pretty annoying.  I took a dose of the harder stuff at noon and felt better.  I worked up to two 10 minutes walks … Read more

Day 6 – Training

I woke up feeling better than the day before.  I’m still waking up multiple times through the night but I’m eventually getting enough sleep and since I mostly sit around resting during the day, I’m not using a lot of energy.  I was promised that there would be regular days that didn’t feel as good … Read more

Day 5 – Let’s Talk Food

Roasted Vegetables

This was the first day where I didn’t feel better than the day before.  I didn’t feel a lot worse, just sort of blah and uncomfortable.  I started my timed walks since I figured I was used to the baseline of walking around the house for routine things.  I did 5 minutes walking back and … Read more

Day 4 – Elevated Feet

Day 4 - Elevated Feet

I found I wasn’t very tired during the day which was nice.  I had napped some during each day so far and this was the first day I didn’t feel like I needed that.  I also felt more used to getting around the house.  It didn’t feel as exhausting. Both professionally and as a hobby … Read more