First Post of the Day
Craig and I head to Indianapolis a couple of times a month to volunteer for our church. For the first time since November, I felt well enough to go. (And sans walker, too. Huzzah!)
Our best friends moved to Indy in August and invited us to drop by before our shift for a chat. We never turn down an opportunity to spend time with Lisa and Pat.
I enjoyed being healthy enough to volunteer and I was thrilled to see our friends, but I got a cherry on top when I looked at this picture.
At last I can see progress in my healing from the surgery! Whereas pre-op I used to look pregnant (at my age and with a "pregnancy" that blossomed more to my side than to the front), I could see that most of that was now gone post-op.
I hadn't recently seen a photo to check that. Early on I'd taken some pictures to document my progress,
Pre-op and "pregnant."
But the first post-op photo I took was so disappointing and very upsetting to me.
I know now that that was due to 1) lots and lots of post-op swelling, and 2) loose skin that had been stretched for several years and still needed time to shrink. (You'd think this mama who has had six full term pregnancies would have realized that.)
Anyway, I wasn't even thinking of my pseudo baby bump when we took the pictures with our friends.
But how nice afterward to look at them and realize that I am improving, I am getting better. I'm deflating!!
And I am grateful.
