So I got my dreaded stitches out today. It was pretty horrible and painful but now it is over with. I was sent right over to PT from the surgeons office. They said I am doing great mentally with it all, and that is a HUGE part of my recovery. They had me do some strange things, like touch the incision with my other hand. She said the ability to touch the scar is a big deal? Who knew, lol. I had to do many exercises, which were extremely painful and difficult. I have significant swelling and atrophy right now. I will continue PT for a while, but the Physical Therapist said if I do the exercises at home I may only need a few months of it. Unfortunately there was significant nerve involvement and they went all the way down to the bone so I have a long road ahead of me. I may never have complete sensation back and it will take at least a year before I am healed. But on a good note it was benign. I talked to the Dr about how I am feeling depressed and some regret. If I knew it was benign all along would I have gone through this? Probably not, but she reassured me that I made the right decision and even she thought it was cancer. She said she would not have felt good at all letting me not do the surgery. She did say there is a possibility it will come back but since we know what it is now my treatment options are way better. On to Sean...... Poor baby was coughing all night and when I got him this morning he was running a fever and all swollen in the face. He went to the Dr and he has double pink eye and an upper respiratory virus. Becca and Kevin spent the night and Grandma's house so they did not have much contact with Sean last night. I am hoping that they do not have it next.
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