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raeanna74 · 09-26-2005, 01:41 PM

Well saw the Dr today. I told him how emotional I've been and how upsetting it is that the belly button is gone, at least for now. He reassured me that it's normal for it to be pulled together and he's seen many return to an almost normal appearance. I also saw my Chiropractor and he reassured me in the same way. I still think it's looks horrible but I'm trying to avoid looking at it. I can take the steristrips off come this Sat so I'm trying to be patient and hope that when those come off it will somewhat relax and not appear so pulled, pinched, and stuck.

As for the emotions, he set up an appointment with my Dr to check-in again about a month from now. He wants to be sure I'm healing well and feeling better emotionally. He encouraged me to hang in there, that I was tough to go through two surgeries back to back and to be back babysitting again (I had to take 3 kids with me to the Dr's ) and he said most guys especially and many women wouldn't be able to handle it at all. He encouraged me to try to rest as much as possible still, to take more time to take care of myself and not worry about what comes next. That was quite encouraging.

He reassured me that he checked things over quite thoroughly when he did the repairs and he's positive there are no more hernias and as long as I go along with the restrictions I will no have any more hernia trouble for a long time at least.

I still feel depressed but my energy levels are returning somewhat and my emotions aren't such a roller coaster ride. I've also quit taking the codine. I'm very uncomfortable and not sleeping as well without it but I think it may have been affecting me too.

As for the codine - I'm noticing a very STRONG urge to take two and just crash. That the two would make me so sleepy I wouldn't be woke up by kids making noise or any such things. I know that this feeling is not a healthy one and am trying to resist it. It's kindof scary since I only took the codine for about 2 1/2 weeks. It wasn't solid but I had taken it after the tubal for several days and then less than a week after taking it for that I'm taking it again for about 5 days. I've got some pills left but throwing them wouldn't do a lot as I have a small prescription for it for my migranes. I've never wanted to take it much before though. Though I've never been quite so uncomfortable.

09-26-2005, 01:41 PM	#12 (permalink)
raeanna74 I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot! Location: Upper Michigan	Well saw the Dr today. I told him how emotional I've been and how upsetting it is that the belly button is gone, at least for now. He reassured me that it's normal for it to be pulled together and he's seen many return to an almost normal appearance. I also saw my Chiropractor and he reassured me in the same way. I still think it's looks horrible but I'm trying to avoid looking at it. I can take the steristrips off come this Sat so I'm trying to be patient and hope that when those come off it will somewhat relax and not appear so pulled, pinched, and stuck. As for the emotions, he set up an appointment with my Dr to check-in again about a month from now. He wants to be sure I'm healing well and feeling better emotionally. He encouraged me to hang in there, that I was tough to go through two surgeries back to back and to be back babysitting again (I had to take 3 kids with me to the Dr's ) and he said most guys especially and many women wouldn't be able to handle it at all. He encouraged me to try to rest as much as possible still, to take more time to take care of myself and not worry about what comes next. That was quite encouraging. He reassured me that he checked things over quite thoroughly when he did the repairs and he's positive there are no more hernias and as long as I go along with the restrictions I will no have any more hernia trouble for a long time at least. I still feel depressed but my energy levels are returning somewhat and my emotions aren't such a roller coaster ride. I've also quit taking the codine. I'm very uncomfortable and not sleeping as well without it but I think it may have been affecting me too. As for the codine - I'm noticing a very STRONG urge to take two and just crash. That the two would make me so sleepy I wouldn't be woke up by kids making noise or any such things. I know that this feeling is not a healthy one and am trying to resist it. It's kindof scary since I only took the codine for about 2 1/2 weeks. It wasn't solid but I had taken it after the tubal for several days and then less than a week after taking it for that I'm taking it again for about 5 days. I've got some pills left but throwing them wouldn't do a lot as I have a small prescription for it for my migranes. I've never wanted to take it much before though. Though I've never been quite so uncomfortable. __________________ "Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama My Karma just ran over your Dogma.