After a hysterectomy you have to take it easy. I get that. I've been told not to drive for 2 weeks. No problem - I have various kids taking care of me for 2 weeks. But all the women I know who have had this surgery 'the old fashioned way' have told me that I should not do anything at all for 6 weeks and then to take it extremely easy longer than that. OK. I will do my best, but I will be living alone and doing most things for myself. No heavy lifting, gardening, housepainting, weight-lifting. I GET IT.
This doing nothing is so foreign to me. It is exhausting. Sitting still is such hard work when your brain is going 100 mph. Sure, I walk to the mailbox which is about 30 feet away. There are no stairs to worry about, inside or out. I shuffle from the bedroom to the family room to the bathroom. It's like my own little mini-marathon. I did spend one whole day OUT of bed and it turned out to be too much time sitting up. IMAGINE THAT!! So now I am taking it even easier.
The heat from the laptop feels good ON my belly. The cups of tea are sloshing IN my belly. If I close my eyes, I can pretend that I am on a beach and I can hear the tide coming in!! I imagine all kinds of scenarios. In one, I am Cleopatra, being carted around by my topless hunky slaves. In another, I am at the courthouse when the judge pronounces me divorced AND orders the immediate execution of the Spousal Unit by public hanging. My mind is out of control! I have already done tomorrow's New York Times crossword puzzle on the internet AND the hardest sudoku puzzle I can find (16x16). Only 3 hours until the finale of Dancing With the Stars.... hope I can stay awake!!
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Regards,
Mordecai