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[the_siobhan]

I'm tired of this. I'm tired of having to be careful and of forgetting not to lean back on soft chairs. (Because I can't get up again.) I'm tired of having to ask people to walk slower and of getting tired in the middle of the day.

I can't imagine what I'll be like when I'm elderly and this becomes a permanent situation. I'll turn into a horribly cranky person I imagine.

My back is killing me because I can't stretch and I can't change position in my sleep. I made an appointment with a massage therapist, although I'm not sure what they'll be able to do for me, given that I can't lie on my stomach.

My belly feels hard and tight and hot -- I'm hoping to hell it's just because I ate too much today and my stomach is too full, rather than for any more sinister reasons. If it hasn't cooled off by morning I'm taking it back to the doctor.

Grrrr... It's been over a week, dammit! I'm supposed to be healed by now!

Comments

[individuation.livejournal.com]

*pat pat pat*
yes yes... one week and you should be completely healed from major surgery. I keep forgetting about your super human skillz.

:P
Just take it easy. If you push yourself you're going to heal more slowly. *hugs*
And Sio... you're never gonna get old.
Don't sweat that either.

[lisiblac.livejournal.com]

I've been for two massages since I've been preggo - they just lie you on your side and pack you in with pillows, and then you flip to the other side. Make sure you ask your doctor about it though because manipulating certain pressure points like your lower back and your feet aren't great when your female bits are doing strange things like healing or wildly expanding.

On a note of solidarity, I spent most of this evening sprawled in a chair looking as if someone had dropped an anvil on my stomach until someone nice asked if I would like help sitting up.

*sigh*

[sola.livejournal.com]

whup, sorry. i'll order up your admantanium skeleton right away. got lsot in last month's invoices.


would doing what upper-body and leg stretches you can do help you feel less frustrated? it maybe be a while before you can get back to the baby-eating, but perhaps it would let you feel less locked up in the meantime.

[snickerpuss.livejournal.com]

Remember, the scar. The scar!! If you go mental right now, run around like a maniac and don't let that thing heal properly, you're going to have this beastly pink throbbing red ribbon of live itchy flesh that always hurts when you try to clean the bath-tub.

*ahem*

[missshirley.livejournal.com]

Grrrr... It's been over a week, dammit! I'm supposed to be healed by now!

Shut UP! Didn't they tell you it would take two months? Stop rushing things. Besides the fact that all your girl bits are still swollen and tender, your abdominal muscles have been cut to ribbons. It takes more than a week for that to heal. (Heh, wait until the "paunch" happens. ) :P

Stop trying to do too much or I'll kick your ass. Go watch a soap opera or something.

Did you want me to bring you some magazines tomorrow? Steph usually takes most of my stack, but I know there are some she doesn't want, or that we both have subscriptions to.

[50-ft-queenie.livejournal.com]

I'd much rather see Sheryl's mags go towards the good cause of keeping Sio occupied while she rests and heals. ;)

And Sio, it's been only two weeks since you had surgery, and the standard recovery time is two months! You're less than halfway there, so relax and take it easy, as contrary to every waking impulse you possess that may be.

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

An immobile siobhan sounds like an *extremely* frustrated and bored one....

Some massage people have massage chairs as well as tables, which resemble a cantalievered contraption with a ring-shaped pillow at the top. One sits facing the pillow, and rests one's face in the opening of the ring, giving support it a mostly-vertical position. Getting up from teh chair can be done with mostly arm and leg strength if one is careful, so this option may be an option while you're undergoing your (hopefully speedy, but not speedy enough) recovery.

[ex-electroly478.livejournal.com]

sucks when time's the only healer. why doesn't it hurry the fuck up goddammit. :)

if you want italian comfort food, let me know and i'll show up with a lasagna.