Might’ve been the vicodin.

My mobility has improved, I’m now about as mobile as your average 9-month-old. I’m going to drive again for the first time tomorrow.

I got the staples out from my appendectomy scar yesterday, which was more taxing than I would have thought.  It didn’t really hurt so much as pinch for a second. Leslie was there with me, which made it a lot better – things hurt a lot less when you have to concentrate on putting on your “manly man” face rather than focusing on the painful part.

I don’t know if it was just the real-ness of it all, or the possibility that maybe the incision hadn’t healed all the way, or that the doctor and his nurse were -very- concerned about infection even though my incision looks good.  I was definitely drained after getting those staples out and was ready for bed around 8 last night.

The weird thing is, the staples seemed to give me some sort of support – physical or mental, that now I catch my back hurting. My back is hurting because I’m subconsciously making myself lean forward so that I don’t inadvertently split open. So, after an hour or two walking around, I look like a decent rendition of Jeff Conway.

I’ve been working to fix that, but I still have trouble sometimes getting my abs to engage when I want to do something… so I look like an albino rollie pollie from time to time.  I’m not doing Yoga any time soon, but I’m definitely itching to do some sort of workout on it.

My only concern is that I still don’t have feeling on a small part of my belly.  If you imagine a clock on my bellybutton, the 6-9 area (lower left, if I’m facing you) has no feeling about 2 cm from the incision – which is a bummer.  The surgery wasn’t exactly an easy one, so if that’s the extent of the down-side, I’m satisfied.

On the plus side, I have stopped drinking soda/pop entirely. And I’m eating a LOT smaller portions than I was – I don’t eat to ruin anymore, for fear of splitting open like the guy in Monty Python (see video below if you don’t know… it’s gross).

I’m really enjoying my new job at DTS, these guys are programmers and know the drill.  I’d say this is aiming to be the best job I’ve had.  I’m getting really good at MVC, the C# is rolling like I never touched VB, and next week it looks like I’ll be diving into JavaScript/GIS/REST.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2Bs1ZZ-7b8