The surgery was approximately 3 hours, the surgeon fixed a bone fragment, my sinuses and all of the broken inside that had healed broken (how's that for great medical terminology). Now I have had a few surgeries, and usually when I come out of recovery I am some what pleasant and visit with the nurses once I come to. However there was no visiting this time, I was in pain the moment I came out and felt pretty miserable until I left. I was very surprised as I have always recovered quickly from surgery.
The doctor told me it would be 7 to 10 days before I would feel better, I guess I should have believed him--I was hoping it would be closer to 4 days. So here I am six days later, and the most I have done is make myself lunch and breakfast today. Prior to today I was pretty much in bed all day.
All this rest has me scared. Race season is just around the corner, and I am not ready. No this is not the typical your out of shape not ready. This is the I am really not ready and my health has been less than good for the last 3 months not ready. The scarey part is I am racing in a different division this year, and not only am I not ready, I really don't want to embarass myself. For today there is nothing I can do about it but rest, but hopefully in a few weeks this will change, and hopefully it will not be too late. In the mean time I guess I will just be scared.
Right after surgery.
A few days after surgery. Hard to tell, but I do have black eyes.
