Only 1 more week

[lynne b]

Today i went for my follow up from my back surgery and as of Aug 3rd i am released to go back to work, with restrictions of course. I do feel better although i am still walking with some what of a limp due to numbness in my foot which tends to wear me out faster but i will have a sit down job so i can't use that for an excuse. As much as i hate to go back i know i really need to, i have not had a check since i have been off and with having to pay for my ins. at work and kid's needing $10 here & there and some needing $100's (Janet knows what i am talking about) and just everyday living on 1 pay check, well when you start dipping into what ever kind of savings you might have it gets kind of nerve wracking cause it takes forever to be able to replace that money.
I do have one concern and i have an app with my regular Dr about this but thats not till Sept. i weighed myself today at the Dr and i am down to 88#, now i am not a big person and usually weigh around 105 so it's not a dramatic loss but i can see the results on my body, my arms, face, butt ect. are all wrinkled from loseing the weight and i don't like it.
I am eating and had hoped to see a small weight gain but there was none, i don't want to weigh more than i did either ( i know stop complaining LOL ) but what has me concerned is when i went for my pre-op test they found a spot on my lung, one Dr said have it checked out again in 6 months (to long for me to wait) another said it was COPD, yes i need to stop smoking and would in a heart beat if i knew for sure what was going on.
So anyways i have 1 more week off, i have to get myself back into my routine of getting up in the morning and staying up and going to bed at a decent hour, and make the best of this last week off. I definatly did not get to spend as much time doing things with Janet as i had hoped to but we did get 1 shopping trip in, and i did get some things accomplished around the house, i still need to shampoo carpets but the Dr only said i could run the sweeper which i had already done. Dr's don't know you can't go 4 weeks without running a sweeper LOL ....Lynne