GRRRRR-Some People!

Now, before I begin, don't do this this early out unless you speak with your surgeon, like I did.

I had surgery Sept 20th; so not quite 2 weeks out from lbl, lipo, fat inject. I have not left the house in this time, saving the 2 doc appointments that I had.

Needless to say, I am extremely housebound, cabin fever; as I am an always-on-the-go type of gal. I telephoned my doc to see if I could go on a longer car ride, with hubby driving. He told me I could, but he didn't want me to sit flat; but to take pillows, rotate from hip to hip. We drove just under one hour one way and spent the morning at the Creation Museum. (Very Nice!) Once there, we rented a wheelchair; took in my propping pillows. Every now and then I would get up and hunch walk. We ended our time there getting some lunch in the cafe. The food ordering line was not wide enough to accommodate their wheelchairs; so I stood, had hubby quazy fold it, and pushed it while in line. Behind us were some boisterous older ladies. Twice the lady behind me bumped me relatively hard in the back incision with her purse----OUCH! I believe she was so into conversation, etc with her friends she was oblivious to her invasion into my "personal space". The second time, I asked her, as politely as I could to please back up so we could reopen the chair; to which she made a face and said "I thought I saw you sitting in the chair earlier, so you can walk." "That's true; however I had major surgery just over a week ago, am not permitted to walk for extended periods of time, and twice you hit me very hard in my back incision." My tone of voice and body posture was nice, but words were direct. She just stared at me as I sat back in the chair, to protect my backside from her. Not an apology or anything.

In the words of the middle child in Full House "HOW RUDE!"

lol--lesson for me--not everyone in a chair is completely able to walk--many reasons; extend mercy; and either way. It was so worth it getting out.

I am now home, and will be resting on direct sides to allieviate booty.

When I had to go out, people bumping into me was my biggest fear.  I live in an area that has a lot of senior citizens too.  So I expected comments and questions mostly because older folks lose that filtering ability between thoughts and words. 

My first outing to get out of the house, I used the electric carts that stores provided.  With the LBL there was no way I could indicate there was a specific reason as to why I was using one.  I also felt weird about using one too, but I didn't want to get to the back of the store and not be able to make it out of the store.  I dealt with the looks and didn't hear anything said to/about me.

When I had my thighs done, I wore capris and when I was in an electric cart, pulled them up a bit so my drains would show.  

Luckily, I only had one elderly couple ask about my incisions when I was out in public.  I was on my way to my gyne appt and in the elevator of the medical building, the woman saw my incisions (I had shorts on and the drains were long gone).  She bluntly asked me what happened.  I told her I had surgery.  She asked it if it was a knee replacement.  I said "No, thigh surgery."  That seemed to confuse her enough that she didn't press for more information.  To some extent, I'll answer questions but there are some where I will counter with a "why is that relevent?" or come up with an off the wall answer that leaves them fearful to ask me anything else.