Re: Back to chat!

Glad to have you back Cyndi. Hope you are feeling well otherwise. I second Melody's advicce. Some effective home remedies for nausea are ginger tea or other ginger flavored drinks/food and sniffing rubbing alcohol for a full minute. Most nausea caused by narcotics actually goes away in about three days as your body gets used to it. So, if you are ever in a situation where you need to take pain meds, ask for an antiemetic for a few days. I commonly see folks come back from surgery with a scopalomine patch behind their ear. Lasts 72 hours. Looks like we are the night owls tonight. I just got off work at midnight, winding down to sleep. Take care.
Judy B
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cyndi Johnson" <gardencatalogs@yahoo.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 5:27 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Back to chat!


Hi y'all, happy Wednesday. I survived my surgery and
decided to subscribe again from my yahoo address,
since it looks like I'll be home for a while. I had
about convinced myself that the procedure wouldn't be
much of a much and I'd be back at work next week, but
oh no. I have an incision from my brow down the center
of my nose, then it curves across one nostril down to
my face. Both my eyes are black and swollen. They
considerately left me slathered with antibiotic
ointment and no bandages so I can see the whole thing
clearly, how nice.  One nostril is now way different
than the other, which is fretting me quite a bit (DH
says he's sure it won't heal that way, but you bet I'm
going to talk about it at my follow-up appointment
tomorrow). I don't think they actually tested the
chunk they took out either, based on some conversation
I heard in the recovery room. And the icing is that
Vicodin makes me nauseated (or is it nauseous?). All
in all I have to say I'm really not having a good
time. But no doubt things will get better in a couple
days, the pain is already lessening a little even
though it looks worse.
Now that I'm done whining, congrats to Island Jim on
Bashful, kitty #2! Looks like everyone had a pretty
good holiday and hopefully you are not getting too
much bad weather (except hoping Pam gets lots of
rain). It's pretty nice weather here today but weird;
we'll have a day of warmth and sun then one of cold
50mph winds, then back to sun. The only gardening I'm
doing is planning what cuttings I will give my nephew
next spring for his new house.
Andrea, do you practice yoga or Pilates? I noticed
many of the exercises they prescribe for bad backs are
also yoga poses and also used in Pilates classes. If
you can find a free class nearby, it's a nice
incentive to work out, exercising at home alone is
boring.

Cyndi

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