Leave it to me to do too much too soon after surgery and cause problems with my incision. The week before Abby’s birthday I was feeling great, much better than I have in quite some time actually, and decided to tackle getting things done around the house. My biggest project has been to turn my “office” into a playroom for Abby. She has a tiny box of a room… really… it’s just a tiny box with half of it taken up by her bed. I’ve done what I can to make her room seem bigger. I put her changing table/dresser in her closet to make room for her toy box, I have rearranged her furniture numerous times but as she’s gotten older and her toys have gotten bigger (you know, aside from all the small rattles and chew toys a baby has) she just doesn’t really have any room. It frustrates hubby because Abby’s toys are all over the house, no big surprise since her room is so small and there’s really no where to put anything. Our den area is just a big open space that flows right into the Living Room when means all the toys flow right on into the room as well. I needed to give her a space of her own so she didn’t feel so crowded and restricted.
Opening the door to my office was enough to make me want to give up on this idea completely. I forgot that when hubby cleaned during the holidays my “office” because the catch-all room and literally everything had been tossed in there. Since I discovered the lump at Christmas and have been dealing with this ever since, I really haven’t been in my office since there and it shows. It was a total mess! I could barely get in the room! I walked away several times, too tired and unwilling to deal with it but one day I was full of energy and decided to tackle the room. I cleaned, I filled trash bags, I stacked boxes and tubs, I unpacked boxes that had been in there since we moved here, I did lift a few things but nothing too insanely heavy, I worked for two days and still wasn’t finished but was pretty darn close. I was excited! Unfortunately, I did too much.
I suddenly started hurting really bad, had some swelling, bruising, discharge and even a little fever… I just wasn’t feeling well and knew it was time to call my doctor. He wanted me to come in so he could take a look. While my scar looked good, he did discover that I have a fluid bubble (pouch… I can’t remember the exact word he used) built up and that was the cause behind the sudden increase in pain. He said it is caused by…. doing too much. Yep, I pretty much caused this myself. He said people get to feeling great, feel better and go back to doing things as normal and sometimes do a little too much and this happens. He said normally it goes away on it’s on but if not he will have to insert a needle to drain it. Oh just lovely… I HATE needles! He instructed me to keep it covered and come back in two weeks and this time, take it easy!
I had a little scare the next day, when I took the bandage off the change it I had a sudden burst of discharge out of one of the tiny spots that had been leaking. Before seeing the doctor the leaking had been very little and clear, this was like a huge amount all at once and slightly yellow and bloody. I called the after hours and the doctor I spoke with said it was okay, that we actually want this to happen and told me to lightly massage the area to help the fluid come out. Okay… a bit odd cause I was always told that yellowish meant slight infection and my doctor said that if it changed from clear to call him but okay. This other doctor told me that had I seen him, he would have just stuck it with the needle right then and there and been done with it. Umm no thanks, glad you’re not my doctor 🙂
So, because I was stubborn and wanted to clean I have now found myself on doctor orders to take it easy. Seriously, all I did was pick up a box or two… and pick up my 40lbs kid a few times… and haul in the groceries several times that included gallons of milk and tea… but you can’t expect me to just lie around doing nothing! I have things to do! But I will take it easy because I’m not one to play around with my health and having this hurt all over again is no fun, especially with the weather turning nice. I want to get outside and enjoy playing at the park with Abby. So for now the cleaning will wait, the office will remain an office and the boxes will sit in the middle of the floor. A few more days, a week, it’s not that long to wait.
A little update on me, this is why I’ve been a little quiet lately. I have so much to share, just need to get to feeling better so I can get it all typed up! We have had so much going on! Days at the park, a birthday, fun family outings, fun crafty projects, lots of fun stuff!! But for now, bedtime!! 🙂 have a great start to your week!
Take it easy! Hope you feel better soon!!!