Day 25

Day 25 of my post-op recovery from a laparotomy/abdominal myomectomy: When my sister saw me today, she remarked wow, my walking was much better, much faster. (She hasn’t seen me since Day 10.) Pleased, I said, yep, I’m walking just fine now. She watched me carefully and said, “Yeah, you’re *almost* at normal speed now.” [...]

Day 22: Drug-Free

Day 22 of my post-op recovery from a laparotomy/abdominal myomectomy: Drug-free, finally! Or rather, Advil-free. I’m still going nuts with my recent eczema flare-up and am trying all kinds of stuff to cope with it. So where am I just after the 3-week mark? Walked relatively normally starting with today’s excursion; no longer felt like [...]

Day 18

Day 18 of my post-op recovery from a laparotomy/abdominal myomectomy: Given how extremely easy yesterday’s walk was, I decided that today’s destination would be the local library, 1 mile away. The walk there went just fine, and I was happy to see my walking speed continue to inch up. The walk back was a little [...]

Hypothesis

Call me crazy, but today I suddenly had an idea – could my eczema be linked to my fibroid? In early 2007, my eczema changed and worsened noticeably. I suddenly went through the rest of my tube of triamcinolone acetonide (a corticosteroid) and sought out a doctor to prescribe more. A tiny bit of it [...]

Hard Spot

My eczema and contact dermatitis rash has been driving me nuts the last several weeks. Last night, I woke up to find myself scratching vigorously. And then I noticed a big hard spot on my abdomen. A year ago, I also had noticed a hard spot in my abdomen, but it was smaller, flat, and [...]