DAY 10-14

So I got a shopping list together and we went shopping. We really hadn't done a full grocery shopping trip in a while so it took a little while. By the time we got done, home, and unloaded I was a tired girl. So we put away the things that needed to be refrigerated right away and the rest could wait until tomorrow.

I made the portobello mushrooms and chicken recipe from the low iodine cookbook. I added some extra veggies to it and it was REALLY yummy.

I've kind of spent these days learning to read myself again. Senses are not my norm. My lungs are pretty much cleared and opened back up. I still work on my deep breathing. It really sucks in the beginning but it is a very important necessary thing. Americans and westerners in general tend to be very shallow breathers. With every surgery or hospitalization I've had as an adult I've always tried to put deep breathing first. Not only do you get more oxygen to your cells but you help keep your lungs open and able to clear themselves better after being on machines, whether you were tubed and breathing on your own for airway management or were tube and the machines were breathing for you. The sooner you can get your lung happy, the sooner you'll be back to happy. Anyway...

I'm having to relearn myself. What am I feeling? Am I tired? Am I hungry? If I don't feel hungry, when was the last time I ate? What did I eat? What was I doing? Hey look, a bunny....

Every thing is a new feeling. And Jeff tends to get it right about half an hour before I do. By the time I figure it out I seem to be standing in the doorway of the study saying "I don't know, I don't know...I danna no." I either need to eat, rest, or take a nap or a combo of all three.

I have found that it takes me a few hours to get going in the morning. But once I do I feel pretty great for about 2-3 hours. And even if I don't do anything more than shuffle through some stuff, go let the chickens out or watch the deer in the yard, after a few hours I need to chill.

I still have to remember that I am just a week out from having surgery. My body is still healing an settling into the fact that I no longer have a thyroid running things. It's looking for hormones that are no longer present. Let's cross our fingers that the blood work next week comes out favorably.