Post-Surgery Recovery: First Day

About 4:30 in the morning, I woke up and discovered that I could finally feel my right hand again, with a lot tingling sensations, but still no pain in the shoulder. Relief!!! I was getting a little worried. ;-) So I went back to sleep.
About 5:30, I awoke again and started to notice a little disconfort in the shoulder area. Still not too bad.
So, its time to let Boris out for his morning business. And its FREEZING outside. What really sucks about this bulky sling is that I cannot completely cover myself from the cold even with my largest jacket. And, I have no clothing under the sling right now. So, when I go outside, I get a nice blast of arctic chill on my belly!

I actually worked from home in the morning, after converting my computer to a LEFT-handed mouse and stumbling through the transition to using it. (Still stumbling).

A little later, my friend Mark was here helping me finish up a few handy-man tasks that I had contracted him to do, so I had someone around to help me with Boris and refilling the cooling system with ice.

All-in-all, still not too bad. The pain was never more than a dull ache. I resisted drugs for the morning, but took some in the afternoon so that I could nap.

The greatest problem so far has been this massive sling which always seems to be in the way.

Hopefully, thats the worst it will be! Yeah, right... wait till physical therapy begins