Tuesday, January 4, 2011

NOT GOOD ENOUGH

So I went in this morning to have more fluid drained (60cc).  The nurse wrapped me up really tight so that the skin is tight to my chest.  It's uncomfortable.  This should slow down the fluid because there is very little space for the fluid to fill up.  I was told not to use my left arm for anything.  I'm to pretend that it's wrapped to my body and I can't move it and to ice the area again.  I'm to go in tomorrow and see if this is helping then see what the surgeon says on friday.  I thought I was pretty good at not doing much but apparantly not good enough.  You don't realaize how much you use an arm untill you can't.  I'll be really good the next few days and see if we can stop this draining stuff.  Then it will be on to the next phase.

1 comment:

  1. So I'm trying to imagine what I would/could do without using my left arm and realizing even typing on the computer would be a little challenging! What's the next phase?

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