Got up today with a little more soreness than yesterday, but my friend who has been through this told me to expect that. Apparently the soreness will increase over the first few days and then start getting less. I walked for a half hour at a snail's pace on the TM last night and did fine. It felt so odd to be walking that slow, but I know better than to push it. And I actually slept well last night. This is not as bad as that botched diagnostic mammogram. With that, I couldn't turn over in bed. Had no trouble last night, but I'm sure this surgical bra helped. It holds you very tight! Keep your fingers crossed for a good report from the lab.

It's chilly here today again (mid 60's), but higher temps are due back in a few days. I'm enjoying this preview of fall. I got a text from my co-leader at Bone Builders yesterday and she told me that they had a moment of silence for me before the start of class, which coincided with the end of my surgery time. That is just the sweetest group ever. And I got a great compliment from a nurse yesterday. I told them before the operation started that I was practicing for the face lift I should have had 20 years ago and now will probably never have, and the OR nurse said that she had asked another nurse for my age ealier, and that nurse said, "look at her chart, but I think she's about (and she guessed 12 years younger than I am)." I told them I wanted to go hug that nurse! Apparently I also told them several times that "I'm still awake. You guys know that, right?" I have that fear of not going under sufficiently. But I was told that both my surgeon and anthesiologist are tops in their field and the intake nurse had said, "You know, you have the dream team."

So now the wait for results begin, but I am grateful to be this far along and grateful to feel this good. Lois, I'm glad the A/C is working so you can get back to your own bed. And I hope the foot and leg problems are better for both you and your hubby. Kelly, I forgot to say that I also bet advil is a good guess for the eye problem. Once you said that I remembered that a coworker gave her husband advil for a headache once when they were out shopping and his whole face blew up. I think they actually called 9-1-1. Sheesh, thank you for the continued good thoughts. You've been so busy lately. Hope you now have time to rest and enjoy early autumn, which is glorious out your way.

First, a big birthday hug to Kelly. I hope you have a wonderful day, and I'm sure your family and friends will make sure that you do.

Lois, I thought that I have the dustiest house in the world! LOL I can dust one day and write my name on things the next. Wish we didn't have to do it every now and then, but cleaning like you're doing is probably one of the best exercises. I know I got a hair up my behind a while back and did some deeper cleaning and I was sore the next day and my bugg said that I burned a lot of kcals. I, too, hope this toe is the end of your foot pain. You so deserve a break. Hug for you, too and good luck tomorrow.

I'm doing pretty good today. Not a lot of pain this morning. Sunday was a tough day. I think I mentioned that we were dog sitting for a neighbor last week. Well, Saturday late afternoon, hubby took the doggie for a walk and for some reason took him off the leash in their garage (with the door open) rather than waiting until they got inside. I was walking over there, just as this happened, and said pup came racing down their driveway to see me. I petted him and tried to get him to follow me back to the garage, but instead, he took off running for the grassy area in the middle of the cul-de-sac. No one was around to help because hubby went into the neighbor's house to get the pup's afternoon meds ready and turn on lights, close blinds, etc. and just thought I was out there loving up on the dog. Well, I tried to get Scrappy to come back to me, and he would not. Instead, he spotted our house and ran up the walk. I cornered him at the front door, but couldn't let him in because I didn't know how he'd react to our kitties off the leash.

So I sat there with him for a few minutes, praying hubby would realize I wasn't coming in with him and that he would come to find us. But then some neighbors from up the street walked by with their dog and Scrappy got away from me and took off down our walk and attacked the other dog. Without thinking, I ran after him, and of course, one thing they stressed was no running. Thankfully, he did not hurt the other dog and hubby came out as this was going on and got him back on a leash. But on Sunday, I paid the price for that run. Man oh man, life is just a series of little dramas!

As I said, I'm doing much better today and throughout this, we've kept a close eye on my incision and it looks just fine. So I am planning to go to my class on Thursday as second eyes, although I can't exercise. And boy is that frustrating. I can walk, but only slowly on flat surfaces, so of course, the number of calories I am burning has plummeted. I'm sure I also have some fluid retention. Because of the meds they give you in surgery and after, they stress drinking a lot of fluids to keep your system moving. So I'm keeping my big ole pink "bubba cup" full of ice and water with me at all times and I am certainly not looking forward to weigh-in tomorrow. But I will.

Sheesh, I know Wednesday are your busy day. Hope you get a chance to drop by, and if not, I look forward to hearing how your week went on Thursday.