Here’s a quick note about the progress of my recovery from ear/brain/skull surgery. Today is Sunday January 18, 2009, which is 10 days post-op.
Beth and I spent the morning on a country drive from Covington to Hammond, Louisiana, taking what’s essentially “the back way” on an older highway north of both towns. There’s lots of farmland and pine forests up there. Once we got to Hammond, we had lunch (I had an individual pizza that was really good, and Beth had a muffaletta which is a huge New Orleans style sandwich) and then walked around downtown some. Because it was Sunday, most shops were closed and traffic was very light. Things in Louisiana come to a standstill for Sunday almost as much as the state of Israel shuts down for Shabbat at sundown Friday.
I didn’t walk nearly as much as we did yesterday at the state park, but this one was in an urban setting and had its own challenge: street noise. Even though traffic was light, we were downtown and so traffic would get backed up at a stoplight and then come thundering down all at once. But I did well, and we had a nice afternoon. Beth took a lot of photos and then we drove back to our hotel and I had a nap, which I do pretty much every day.
Symptoms at 10 days post-op:
- dizziness: none
- nausea: none
- hearing: had some problems with traffic noise
- endurance: didn’t push it today
- pain: mild headache much of the day
- digestive system: getting better, some stomach ache at night
- emotions: positive, tired