One Day Closer to Relief...Post Op Day 5

For the first time ever I am happy to say that I'm glad the weekend is over. I am now only 2.5 days away from seeing my surgeon for my first follow-up. At best I'll be out of these wires and into rubber bands that won't tear up in the insides of my lips and that I can remove to eat (i.e. drink). At worst I will be kept in the wires but at least I'd get a timeline and have a new date to look forward to. I'm REALLY hoping to be out of these wires for so many reasons but mainly because I have already lost 9 pounds. Losing weight at this point will only prolong and worsen my recovery. My husband went out and bought weight gaining powder so I started on that today. Hopefully it gets the job done. My awesome lil' sissy is going to bring me some homemade soup puree tomorrow and my son's Nina offered to cook for my husband and son. So much generosity. That's another bright side of this poopy surgery, you get to see love pouring out of the special people in your life. How can you not be grateful? I hope I can learn to see life in a totally different way through this recovery. I have always tended to be on the negative/pessimistic side and I'm so tired of living that way. People have gone through soooooooo much worse things (and surgeries) than I am right now so even at this point in my life, I shouldn't complain. (I'm trying lol). I realize that I was pretty ignorant of what the recovery process involved and how long it takes and I can only blame myself for that. I think learning about the extent of it after my surgery has been a major part of my misery these past few days. But I can do this. One day at a time. My new goal is to have eyes that are open to see the love and blessings in my life no matter what my circumstances are. Some of the things I saw today: my son bringing me two handfuls of flowers from his walk, my son and husband building a popsicle stick birdhouse, kisses from my mother, loving messages from friends and family, slightly less swelling in my cheeks, love and compliments (yea even now!) from my husband and son etc etc etc... 

 The awesome view from my healing chair