worm free

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worm free, just not pain free. I am okay walking or laying down, its the

getting up and down that hurts like heck. Oh well.. I knew it would. Everyone

said it would hurt more than the DS, and for me, so far, it has been much more

painful. The getting up and down part. But I have mesh over almost my entire

stomach area, so that is a lot of it. A smaller one I am sure would not be

so bad. Also the fact that a piece of intestine had adhered and he said I had

a lot of scar tissue. So I think I am doing pretty darn good. I slept for 9

hours last night. I am eating well. So, all in all, I am doing great. I am

getting up and walking around my house, as I know walking decreases pain, or

that is what Dr. K. told us all along. So I was doing laps yesterday while I was

talking on the phone. Any other suggestions for things to do to lessen the

pain. It is just in the area of the mesh. I was told to expect that for at

least two weeks. Dr. K. had told me I would have 2 weeks of hell, and I would

need at least 6 weeks before I could drive back to TN. My surgeon said the same

thing. He told my brother that the hole that had intestine through it was the

size of a very large grapefruit. There were areas around it that had to be

covered because they were not completely broken through, but almost. I was

just lucky he said that I got it taken care of when I did.

As usual, I wrote a book. NO Worm. I am fine and that is all for now. Hope

everyone else is fine and no worm. Pearl

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