… and it sure feels good. 🙂

Well, except for the PAIN bit and not being able to do much before feeling exhausted and having to lie down. But of course it’s much better going through all that here – I think another night in the hospital would have driven me bonkers.

So I guess this is what you call one of them thar life-changing experiences. And once I get a bit more energy I’ll share some of my hospital stories as well as other stuff I went through with you guys. It’s actually relatively comfortable sitting on my wheelie chair in front of the computer.

But for now I can only manage to sit upright for short periods of time and I do think I kind of overdid things when I got home this afternoon because I was suddenly so knackered that I just flopped into bed with the cats and didn’t move for ages. And I’m about to do the same thing now.

In general I’m feeling as well as can be expected and the hospital staff were quite impressed by how quickly I recovered (well, at least enough to go home within a week). A nurse will stop by the house every day to change my dressing and other than that it’s just a question of taking things very easy. I’ve been cut from about six inches above my belly button down to my pubes and had almost a metre of my colon removed … sooooo lucky I didn’t end up with a colostomy bag, which was what I had been told the outcome was going to be. But I think the recovery is going to take quite awhile and once the pain subsides I plan to use this ‘time off’ for much reflection and positive change. I know I’m still not ‘off the hook’, but again, I shall remain as positive with my todays as I can and get the most out of every moment.

[I know I’ve used this photo before but it really says ‘home’ to me, this one.]