Ups, Downs, Ups

The positivity of the "morning after" on Thursday gave way to the realization that I was unable to keep any food down. Maybe lingering effects of anesthesia, coupled with the painkillers I was taking - whatever it was, I was getting weak.

I blacked out at one point and came to a moment later on the floor - in a heap. Tried to get up and damned if it didn't happen again! OK, stop. Slow down. Breathe.

Passing out and falling down is not the kind of thing you want to be doing with a lace-work collar bone (the screw holes take 6 weeks to fill in).

So guess what I did? I stopped the Meds! Moved to Ibuprofen, which was adequate for the pain, and that did the trick. I was able to eat and get stronger.

Called the Dr. and told her what happened - she said, "Come see me N-o-w", which I did yesterday. X-ray was fine. A big sigh of relief was breathed.

She encouraged me to go ahead and start the left arm exercises - a la two years ago - to increase mobility. She changed the dressing and everything looks good.

I'm off the Bateaux for 2-3 weeks.