Recovery continues though a little slower this week

Thanks to everyone for all of your thoughts and prayers and cards and meals. The outpouring has been amazing and I am humbled by everyone's generosity.

My recovery this week has continued to progress though more slowly. At the beginning of the week I was feeling pretty weak and my stamina was not very good. Also had a couple of rough nights with the strongest headaches I experienced since surgery #2 and I think I probably overdid it so I had to rest more. My vision has continued to improve and though I seem to be hypersensitive to motion, sound, light, etc (I feel like I am being bombarded with stimulation most of the time) this seems to be diminishing gradually. My physical therapist had given me various exercises using cans of soup for weights. Thursday I graduated to 5 lb weights but I'm surprised how much it drains me to lift them. I'm also doing leg exercises and they feel like spaghetti when I'm done. But I am getting stronger each day.

I think my vision may be approaching normal but I still have a haziness in my head so I don't feel quite myself yet. I stopped taking prescription pain killer a couple nights ago and I'm just using extra strength tylenol which is good - the other stuff made me feel a little out of sorts at night and I actually felt like I was having hangovers when it was wearing off. So hopefully the quality of my sleep will get better too.

I was able to feed Rachel (now 9 wks old) a bottle again for the first time again on Thursday and I was able to hold her for a while - I can't believe how much she has changed in just the last few weeks - smiling, cooing, watching intently - amazing to see.

I can't wait until next Wed when they remove the sutures from my head and give me the all clear to wash my head completely - I think it's been 3-1/2 weeks since I shampooed my hair in entirety - yuck!

Just weighed myself and was surprised to find I've dropped to 171.5 lbs... my weight before all this hovered around 187 which was a good weight for my 6 ft frame. Looks like I need to bulk up a little bit. I'll post again in a couple days.