Scribblings

Too Soon

I am so ready to drive again and do things on my own ... but my body isn't. My brain says, ah, come on, you're not in so much pain, you can do it, you know you don't want to depend on other people and impose! My body tries to go along with the brain and cooperates for as long as possible. Then my head feels a little woozy, I feel a little weak, my incisions begin to complain and I realize I'm trying to do too much too soon.

I can drive locally which makes me happy. I didn't take anything stronger than ibuprofen when I knew I was going to make these little trips. I went to the post office to send off packages for Billy and Michele/kids. I went to CVS to pick up a birthday card and gift wrap. I can go to the library -- it's just a few miles away. I picked up Heidi's birthday cake from the bakery about 10 miles away -- that was about as far as I could comfortably go.

Today I wanted to take Heidi to the allergist. He's about 20 miles away. I figured I could handle it. I've gone from percocet every 4-6 hours to 1-2 times a day. I just took ibuprofen this morning early afternoon and felt fine.

I drove to the high school to pick Heidi up at the end of the school day. We had to wait about 15 minutes for all the buses to clear out before we could leave. There's a lot of traffic on the road -- lots of road construction. Anyway, I got about 5 miles past the high school and realized it was too much. The incisions and my muscles were aching and I think it's too soon to try and drive 20 miles one way.

I am so impatient.

Anyway, I turned around and we went home. On the way, though, I stopped at Rite Aid so Heidi could pick up an application for a job. She's been wanting a part time job to help her pay for stuff and I wanted something productive to come from the trip. I think I'll still need my mother-in-law to drive me places that are more than 10 miles away...at least for another week.

On Friday, it'll be 3 weeks since I had the surgery. I need to be more patient. Soon I'll be back to my driving fool self. :)