So, today was the 2nd post-op appointment with Dr. Phillips. It went very well. I got reprogrammed and I even met the new tech dude for this area. His name is Sam and the main dude is Brian. Programs 1 and 2 were working great so Sam just tweaked programs 3 and 4. Program 3 was stimulating my upper body and so it was brought down to the lower region of my right leg. Program 4 was up in my left side around my stomach so that one got brought down but still covers from my toes to my stomach. I usually don't want it in my stomach because it is a really annoying feeling. But bodies shift and I always have a program set up if the area were to shift. It helps some of the time. Especially during an intense fare-up where most of my body can hurt. Sam was really cool. He was impressed with me that I could guess the frequency by just the feeling of it. The frequency is the faster or slower the stimulation goes. He set it and it felt like a 50. So I told him it was a 50 and I was totally right. He was amazed at that. Then we finished up and closed the session and my remote transferred the updated data to the battery.
They left and Dr. Phillips came in to inspect the incisions and to remove the steri-strips. He also checked the middle of the spinal incision because, in the last few days, there has been a large lump growing. It hurts but he is not too worried. He said to inform him if it gets bad but, overall, I am dong good and will see him in 2 weeks.
In the meantime I am healing. It has been 2 weeks and I am so sick of TV and laying in my bed for long periods of time. The nausea comes and goes and I am not taking that many pain killers anymore. In the meantime my headache doesn't go away for very long before it starts up again. At least I am sleeping and eating well. Mom and dad have been getting back to work and they come home early sometimes so that Porthos can go potty and so they can help me make food. Normally they just put everything at arms length so I don't have to reach or bend (which are huge No No's) and so I can do a lot by myself. Also, I have had good support from my neighbors. Some of them have come over to help by chatting with me and taking Porthos out to go potty. It is very helpful.
What is great is that an awesome friend is coming over tomorrow to help me out and hang out with me. We have not seen each other for quite sometime. It will be good so mom and dad can get some things done. It really helps having people come over. It helps me not feel so alone. It seems that, overall, I am in a pretty good mood. Especially when I find something new and entertaining to watch on Netflix or Hulu.
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