Saturday October 22

Last week I was mia.   I apologize.   It was a week of trying to focus on recovery as well as trying to manage the pain.   They had me on a pain pump which caused all kinds of side effects.   Not very pleasant at all.  

At this point I am off of the pain pump and managing the pain on my own by asking for it only when it's needed.   We will see.   We are slowly working towards taking no pain meds at all.   They are hoping to get things under control and discharge me on Wednesday.   Things are slowly getting there but the doctors are really happy with my progress and are just worried about the pain control.  

I will update more later.   Again sorry for not posting