this really sucks after surgery

okay so remind me never again to schedule a foot surgery during the holidays. what was i thinking...not really sure. so yeah on november 25th the day before thanksgiving i had extensive foot surgery done. the good part for me or so i thought was well i won't want to eat anything so i should lose some weight which i didn't but i'll get to that later. thanksgiving lasted all of like 2 minutes...enough time for me to eat some food. that wasn't the worst part, i took vacation time for a week and a half to recover from surgery so i thought i would be able to do stuff around the house or do some art work to keep me busy or something. wrong!! i was in so much pain that week i didn't even want to get up to go to the bathroom, i was hating life. my back was aching from laying bed for like ever and ever. luckily i had my wonderful iphone to keep me busy and i had a book to read but i wanted to get myself out of bed so bad. i'm still in some pain but not as bad but by the end of the day i am ready to just lay down and go to sleep. i can't wait for the day i have no pain so i can get back to the swing of things and oh yeah so i can drive. that's another thing, i haven't been able to drive so i couldn't go shopping or anything so i'm really behind on my christmas shopping and other things. i go around the house thinking i need that and i need this but i can't just go...and it sucks!

so about the weight loss thing...yeah that idea didn't work. i probably ate all of 300 calories a day for about the first five or six days after surgery. plus crutching around, going up stairs which is quite a cardio workout by the way. so when i got my cast off i had nothing to show for it i weighed the same as i did before the surgery. i was a little angry at myself because i was hoping for some kind of lost but i got over it quickly and said well i just have to really watch what i eat for the next few weeks because i won't be able to exercise. looking forward to physical therapy...not! but its something and it will make my foot heal quicker. once i feel comfortable walking then i can start exercising and i'm hoping to start a running program in march. but right now i have to get through this last couple of weeks of the holidays and get my foot back to normal well 90% normal. it was never normal to begin with.

happy holidays everyone!!!
cwak