My shoulder pain has subsided significantly – during the night I was up and about for over an hour without any pain. This is good! Unfortunately my stomach isn’t doing so well. The entire time I’m laying down I’m hearing the most aweful rumbles and gurgles from inside there. I really wish I could stick a pin in me and “deflate” myself!

I almost feel like I’m getting a precursor to pregnancy. I can hardly bend over to pull on my socks, and levering myself up out of bed requires a lot of forethought and arm strength. However I’m willing to bet pregnancy will feel much more like a heavy weight and less like sharp little stabs of pain. Course I could be wrong on that one.

I hate to say it, but I’m getting a little bit bored staying in bed. TV, unfortunately, is pretty crappy most of the time – and the DVR is in the living room. Message boards are not active enough for someone who has nothing better to do than refresh each and every one of them. I’m getting desperate for some virtual “company”! I find myself hanging around on IM a lot, hoping my dad comes online so we can chat. I was even excited when my young cousin signed on (she’s a teenager, and tends to talk a lot about girlie teenager issues, lol).

Last night when I tried going to sleep I felt a bit of pain in my incisions for the first time. I hadn’t had any problems sleeping in my usual position before then, not sure why it’s bugging me now? I just felt the need to be very very careful about where I put any pressure on my belly. And sometimes I think it’s the big bandaids that are annoying me worse, but I’m afraid to take them off.

Oh, does anyone know how to get that aweful yellowish stain off my skin?? So far soap and water has done absolutely nothing. It makes me feel so gross!Gur