DAY ONE

The 5/19/16  Surger Day  Bright and sunny- low 70's. Beautiful.   I had set the alarm for 6am, but out of bed by 555am. Restless night. Joe in the driveway at 740m for 815am appointment.

 Surgery scheduled for 945am. Out of the waiting room at 815. Had no idea how to put on the gown. Talked with Joe. Many techs and nurses repeatedly asked my name and date of birth, and numerous odd questions. Dr. High popped in and reminded me that I was to do nothing but walk for a month.

Out of surgery at 11am. Drank two coffees and a water, and peed. Not sure that I did enough, but nurse felt ok. I think she should have weighed it....in retrospect.

Joe drove me home and then he went to the pharmacy at County Market to get pain prescription, stool softeners (prescription), a kind of over the counter aspirin, and a powdered stool softener (over the counter). Then he picked up Janny from her last full school day of the year. They both came back to the house at 4pm. We sat in the living room and talked till 530pm. I had several blue coffee cups full of OJ/diet lemon lime.

I noticed that I was urinating once every twenty minutes and this was cause for some alarm. Thinking back, maybe the Tamsulosin has not completely solved (or addressed) the urination problem. I always probably pee too much. Very upset after I used the phone to check the internet about this problem. Another catheterization was mentioned, but this might not have even been a doctor's suggestion. However, it did get my attention, and established my outlook somewhere between ernest concern and abject terror.

Called Joe and Janny around 8pm We started texting, but I requested a call. They calmed me down and said to give it some time. Made sense.

930pm I ate a chicken noodle/oatmeal blend with crackers. I didn't pee again until 1130am and only got up once during the night.

I spent all of the evening reading and finished WHILE I WAS GONE by Sue Miller. This was one of the books that I got for free yesterday on the jog. Loved the book. And, I read in bed until 230pm- "NICKEL AND DIMED: On (Not)  Getting By In America". Also from the free books, and I remember reading this before- probably a library copy.

Fitful night's sleep. Only on back or left side. Incision pain has lessened and I won't use the pain pills tomorrow. But, will do the powdered stool softener with the coffee and take two of the pills at noon and six.