Hernia - you sick of hearing yet?

Ok appointment went well. The binder did its job during recovery to stop swelling and aid healing. I’m released from their care and allowed to go into the wild. I forgot to ask if I’m free of the binder now or not BUT feel I will be in it for any lifting or straining situation. I did call and leave a message or the nurse asking if I could ditch it for normal days. We will see what they come back with. 

The bottom line is NO lifting over 30lbs for the REST OF MY LIFE. 

HOW am I going to do that???  Yeah I am used to picking up TWO 40lb bags of salt, one on each hand to balance me, and shuffling to the back yard. 

Guess I’m no longer on that duty OR I find a way to get someone else to put them in the car and invest in a dump wagon to get them to the back yard. Sigh. I would say getting old sucks but beats the alternative and really it’s all good because with my nether hernias I probably shouldn’t be listing anything heavy regardless as THOSE are not fixed and I would not want to think about the scar tissue they would have to fight to resolve them. 

So, we start lifting smarter or not at all : /

Hernia update (last with photos)

What I have discovered is that my stomach still hates adhesive after the ostomy. Who knew?  Not me!  All the itching was about the glue they used. Seems that if you don’t shower daily your glue doesn’t readily fall off as it should so at three week I googled about removing it. 

The answer was at three weeks it’s fine to peel it off. Talk about RELIEF!  I pulled three medium stops of glue off and all my itching subsided. Go figure. It wasn’t my wound healing it was my skin saying “get this dang glue OFF!!”  

It’s off now and the litte scabbing is from the glue irritating me. Everything else looks and feels great!  I will see tomorrow about modifications to my lifting protocol AND get clearance to go back to water aerobics. I’ve missed going. It makes my weeks rather full but it’s worth it!

The scar will be longer than the original but who cares really?  Not me. It’s just another to add. Shoot you can’t really see the one in my belly button anymore. It’s the squiggle that pulls to the right in the photo. Would think it’s just a fat wrinkle, eh?  lol. Nope. 

On fat I don’t really take much stock in that anymore BUT I officially hit 85 pounds lost the other day. Will it bounce up and down and go over that for weeks, I vacillate by 3/5 pounds in a week. Up/down in a daily basis. It’s all good. BUT it is documented in my fitness app so it happened. I laughed when setting the goal of 190 when I first started out but honestly I may just make it at this rate. 25 more pounds and I will be there. Sounds so small from where I started. So back to the gym and continue to eat well and we will see if I make it eventually :)

Before. Dec 15th

Dec 30 - Jan 9th