I STILL refuse to buy new pants!

I had my surgery this past Tuesday. They called me on Monday morning to let me know that I'd be having surgery the next day. Nice, huh?

In case any of you reading this don't know why I had the surgery, I'll fill you in:

In October of 2008 I had a medical implant put in my lower back called an InterStim. It's basically a pacemaker that works for my bladder. I have a condition called Interstitial Cystitis; a condition of the bladder that causes chronic pain and frequent urination, amongst other more serious complications. The InterStimn worked wonders for me. Sometime during pregnancy or delivery one of the leads broke, so when I tried to turn it on after pregnancy it wasn't working. A representative from the company ran a diagnostic on the implant and found that one of the leads was broken, but he was able to re-route the stimulation somehow. After a few weeks of trying that we realized that it just wasn't working like it's supposed to. So, I went in for a "Remove and Repair."

Everything went well, aside from the fact we were told AFTER the surgery that I wouldn't be able to lift the baby for 3-4 weeks. I'm sure most people can sympathize with me when it comes to having weight restrictions after certain procedures, but for the momma's out there, you can understand what kind of a dilemma this puts me in. The doctors want me to take it SUPER easy this time since everything was placed in the same place as before, and they want the leads to be able to heal in correctly. These restrictions aren't sitting well with me.

Thankfully I have a friend who has been a great help (thank you, Keegan!) and I certainly couldn't rest at all if it wasn't for Dave and the kids. Things seem to be healing well and my pain is slowly diminishing.

Michigan is now a state that allows the medical use of marijuana, and I'm honestly looking into that as an option when I'm done breast feeding. Being put on Vicodin and Norco again just reminds me how harsh these medications are on the system. If any of my (three!) readers have any experience, or know anyone with personal experience, with medical marijuana, the legalities, any pros or cons please leave me a comment and let me know.

Well, time to end this blog. Dinner won't cook itself!

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Edited to add:

I forgot the point of this blog! I won't be able to use the Wii Fit Plus when it gets here. Not for 2 weeks, at least. That seriously depresses me. I cannot shake the feeling of being huge, and being immobile and on pain killers (which make me crave sweets) isn't helping that depression at all. I realize it's only 2-3 more weeks, but I feel like I could be putting that time to much better use. I am finally motivated to get myself in shape (and yes, round is a shape!) and this is pushing that back. I hate it.