Going Home!

Third day in hospital, projected date of discharge. Deep breaths still hurt (the breathing apparatus they had for me was still painful but normal breathing was not). I was still on pain killers every 4 hours to help me basically be as active as possible but it was advised that I try and ween myself off the stronger stuff ASAP (which I already planned to do, I've been on strong pain killers for years and have learned it is best to use them sparingly for many reasons, I have had back pain and a 30 tablet supply usually lasts me 6 months to a year). At any rate, I figured I'd try and ween off of them, but I am sure not going to keep myself from being able to be active just so that I'm taking less. As they want me active to help accelerate the healing process (and weight loss process). I got discharged around noon and it hurt to walk around still and let me tell you - the bumpy roads around town were not very much fun (nor my wife's driving). But I got home and all was good. I was even able to meander into the office of our apartment complex to get something that had been shipped to us and say hello. I went home, tried to figure some things out, ate and then went to bed. Woke up, figured out when I'd need to be eating and started getting down to business, and by that I mean not doing much. Oh well. It went pretty quickly but sleeping in a flat bed and only being able to be on my right side or back (back is bad as it increases my pain in my lower back). So my right arm was asleep for quite a while.