Finally an Update

I've only written once in the last almost 2 weeks and it was so boring, I didn't even bother to post it. Up until yesterday I had only had 2 good days, and was otherwise feeling very uncomfortable still. Luckily a few days ago, the gas subsided (until then I was getting very bad pains behind my ribs, making it hard to breath). Yesterday and today have been great. I'm still tired and I'm getting waves of pains in my lower stomach, but other than that I'm feeling so much better. I even laid on my left side for about 10 minutes last night...hopefully that means I'll be able to sleep comfortably soon! And I've been getting solid blocks of 4-5 hours of sleep the last couple of nights which is the most I've gotten. The pooch I've got going is also still pretty sensitive, sometimes I get annoyed having clothing over it or it makes me a little nauseous if something is rubbing it for too long, but it's getting better. The incisions themselves are definitely healing. I took pictures at 2 and 3 weeks to post, but today I got a new phone and lost all my pictures so this is what they look like today at 3 1/2 weeks:

I've been able to get out...lunches with friends, running errands, and lots of Target trips with my mom. Today I drove for the first time, which was really nice. My appetite isn't as big as it used to be(which I'm happy about for now!), but I'm eating much more regularly now, as well. I'm still walking hunched over a bit (today my nephew said "You look like a grandma!"), but I'm standing a lot straighter than before. I have my next doctor's appointment on March 10th, so I'm hoping to find out how the recipient is doing while I'm there. Altogether I'm feeling a little better each day, and while I'm still uncomfortable and tired I'm finally starting to see the possibility of feeling like myself again, which I'm so very much looking forward to!