Day 5: it's all downhill

I feel like doing a little victory dance ( I won't because that much movement would surely hurt!) but everything the doctor said and majority of blogs I've read all say it gets easier and better from day 5 on!

I think the swelling is going down, but you can see the yellow bruising a little clearer today.

 Also I slept for a straight 5.5 hrs last night! That's the longest I've slept since surgery! Granted, I still needed my pain meds ASAP and some fresh new ice packs at 5:30am... But nothing like a good block of REM sleep. 

I also stepped on a scale this morning. I had forgotten to step on my home one prior to surgery, but it looks like I'm down 6lbs. That's certainly the quickest I've ever lost my holiday weight ;) I'm not worried as I'm sure a portion of it is simple dehydration and the other half is the extra weight I gained in December anticipating this surgery. So while it's been a quick loss, I hope I'll be better with mitigating it now that I am eating some more smoothies. AND my good friend dropped off her juicer yesterday(!) I'm excited to experiment and it'll be a great way to add veggies back into my diet!

My big goal for today was to go for a walk and my sister was kind enough to escort me around the block.  I really thought I'd make it further than ~250 yards, since I ran 3 miles this time last week. But like almost everyone post-op, I fatigued really quickly. Thank goodness my sister was there to make sure I didn't fall on my face as I staggered those last steps home.