Thursday update

Here's a Thursday update for you all. Been doing real well today. As long as I don't overextend myself, I'm able to function pretty well. Its become apparent, although no real surprise, that I'll have to take it easy for a few weeks. No strenuous activity for a while. The incision on my neck feels pretty good as long as I keep my head facing forward and tilted down a bit.

I did have an interesting side effect this morning. I woke up with my feet and hands a little numb and tingly. Feels like a combination of them simultaneously going to sleep and waking up. As the morning progressed, my feet returned to normal while my hands progressively got worse until it reached a stabilizing point. This feeling lasted until about noon or so, then gradually subsided. It did return briefly later, but only briefly. With this effect, I wondered if it could be blood pressure related. As in, my blood pressure had fallen too low post surgery. So, this morning, I called the Q&A number listed on the paperwork I got yesterday. Left a message. Received phone call. Around 1:30pm. Not happy. Why have this phone number listed if no ones going to cover the phone or it will take 4 to 5 hours to return the call. Ummmm! Anyways, the cause of the problem could be changes in electrolyte activity as the body adjusts to the new hormone levels (from post surgery) or could indeed be a result of blood pressure. Broad answer, could be many things that are causing it. So, later in the day, I went with my brother up to Walgreen's to measure it. It's still high, so I'll resume my blood pressure meds tomorrow. At least it is not low, which is why I skipped my meds this morning. I assume it will take a few weeks for my body to fully readjust. We shall see.

For now though, it is time to get back to relaxing a bit. I had a nice nap this afternoon lasting around 90 minutes. Was great! Tomorrow, I think I will try to swing a half day of work. I'm still at my folks place. My brother has to swing by the area of town I live in in the morning anyways, so I'll just hitch a ride then. Grab my car and plan on working the latter half of tomorrow.

There's the latest folks. Hope all's well in your neck of the woods.
CHEERS!!