HI All,

Thanks so much for all your support.
The surgery went just about as planned on Friday...no major surprises. I got home on Sunday morning.

Definitely feeling worse for wear now. My abdomen is super-tender, and I'm not very steady on my feet.

My internal systems are working well enough for them to have discharged me, but I don't have much of an appetite.

I'm also just super-stresed from the surgery and hospital stay, though I should say that I had some of the best, most consistent, nursing care I've had, or witnessed, in a while.

Now, I'm just supposed to rest, to recoup some energy, to walk as much as is comfortable but to avoid other forms of exercise. They were able to take the staples out this morning, so I don't need to folllow up with the doctor until a month from now.

My Sweetheart is being...well, a sweetheart. He's meeting my every need, including physically supporting me when I change positions to give my poor, abused abdominal muscles a break.

So, I'm stressed and fragile right now, but I got through it!