Five days after surgery, my top 5 least favourite things

Don’t worry, I’ll post a top 5 of most favourite things, too.

Top 5 Least Favourite Things about Surgery (5 days later)

  1. Struggling to sleep comfortably at night with two incisions and a sutured wound in my left side, as well as a left shoulder that tends to get sore when I lay down, due to the chest tube that was inserted somewhere in a line directly below it.
  2. Lack of stamina. If I walk at my usual pace (brisk), my chest starts to hurt after maybe 30 seconds. Which is an improvement, actually!
  3. Being cut off from a lot of normal activities, most notably running.
  4. Fear of pulling sutures/accidentally lifting more than the advised 10 pounds and complicating the recovery.
  5. General soreness/feeling off/mood.

Here is Maru the cat in a bowl.

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