Well, my hair is growing back in. Too bad I will be losing it again here in a few weeks. It is probably about a 1/4 inch long right now - and it looks the same color so far. We're fighting a few colds in the family. MJ and DH have it the worst. So far I haven't been hit too bad so hopefully it will stay that way. My abdomen is slowly getting better. I haven't taken any pain medication for about a week I think and have been able to manage fine. Lately when I stand up straight I feel like my skin is super tight and if I stretch too much I will bust open my skin. I've been trying to put lotion on the incision site, but most of it is still covered with the steri-strips that were put on following the surgery. The surgeon said the longer I can keep those on, the better for my incision site. I feel like an old lady when I am walking around because sometimes I hunch over to prevent my incision from stretching out too much. Usually after I am standing for a few minutes the skin stretches out enough that it doesn't bother me anymore.

My right elbow has been really bothering me the last 2 weeks. It hurts when I lift just about anything with that arm and just bending it into certain positions hurts as well. I'm not sure if this is some weird side-effect from my surgery or if I injured my arm just after the surgery while trying to get myself around. If it's not better by next week I will ask my surgeon about it. I haven't been sleeping too well lately. I think it's some of the after-effects of the hysterectomy. Hopefully I can get things under control here shortly so my nights are a little more pleasant. My elementary school kids went back to school today so I will be trying to manage the little girls without lifting them during the day! I'm hoping to get the okay to lift more next week after I see the surgeon - not that I feel like lifting much, but it would be nice to be able to pick my baby up now and then without someone lifting her onto my lap!