While healing is coming along, between the surgery and the bed sore, I spend much more of my day in bed on my side than I would prefer. I now seem fine to stand between 30 and 60 minutes, the swelling is slowly becoming less intense, and bleeding is minimal.
Still, I'd love to be back to normal quickly, and look forward to:
- Grooming: Between the daily shower and two sitz baths, I'm pretty clean, but they're limited in time and temperature. I prefer my showers to be long and hot. I'd also love the time to shave my legs, to maintain my hair colour, for makeup, and for clothes that aren't a nightgown. In short, I'm still a bit of a goblin (derogatory). By the end of the month, I should be restarting electrolysis and my regular brow appointments, at least!
- Hobbies: I haven't made a photo since the morning of June 15. Three weeks! It has been at least three or four years since I last did. As I've written before elsewhere, this actually causes me anxiety, as if all of the experience I have making photos and developing will just evaporate.
- Getting Outside: This one should be getting closer! Aside from one fraught and painful excursion a couple of days after we got home, I haven't been outside at all. The picket fence of my little step counter is now missing many slats! I normally love to get outside every day and this hasn't been the case for almost three weeks now! I'm hoping to today though.
The closest one is getting closer by the day...
- Sitting! My bed sores are this [..] close to being healed up enough that I can actually sit up without prolonging my heal time. Perhaps some time next week! This will also allow me to sleep on my back again instead of on my side with a makeshift pregnancy pillow.
July 6, 2026