Feels Not Quite Fair...

I have been doing very well, but I stood up funny from bed around midnight last night and got clobbered with vertigo again. ARgh! And 12 hours later I'm still feeling woozy. Oh well. I guess this is just part of the program, little surprises in the common course of recovery from surgery. But it still feels not quite fair. Sigh.

I've already heard from another CI friend to keep sleeping with my head up. I thought I was done with that; last night was the first night I went back to just one pillow. A bit premature, I guess. AND I learned a lesson about taking the rest I need! I got home from a quiet visit to a friend and let myself get sucked onto the computer instead of taking a nap. I ended up canceling the various things I had planned for today, which is the wiser choice, and have slept a lot again. Learning to listen to my body more carefully...

Day Two Post-Op

Things seem to be settling down at least a bit with the vertigo. I still sit up very carefully and stand up holding on to something, but that seems to avert most of the room spinning feeling. I've had vertigo before, but this has got to be the worst I've ever had it. Another good thing is that my appetite is beginning to hold, so I'm getting some chicken broth and saltines into my system. That will help get my energy back on track, too.

I woke up this morning with a big black eye, like when my little friend got her first implant at age 2 and came to Sunday School that next Sunday (she's now 10 and just got her bilateral implant in the past month!). This bruise is a doozy! It's swollen but it doesn't hurt at all.

I appreciate your prayers!
Love, Liz

Woozy Day After Surgery, But Still Good

A couple hours after I got home last night I got hit with some pretty intense vertigo, and I've still got it today. From what I've read this is very normal. It's more a bother than a worry. It does, however, mean I'm struggling to find things that will stay down. My CI friends tell me post-operative nutrition is important, so I need to keep trying stuff.

I'm mostly just tired--no problem keeping myself laying down! (with an occasional jaunt to the computer, of course!)
Thanks for all your prayers.

Liz