[amosmcd]

#1178834

Hi, Karen–

Glad I’m not scaring you! Had to LOL at your singing comment. If I listen to my iPod with headphones on and sing along (pre-TT) my boys would tell me to stop because it sounded so bad. Insensitive louts! I keep singing anyway. heheheheheh!

Amy

[Boomer]

#1178835

amosmcd wrote:

Hi, Karen–

Glad I’m not scaring you! Had to LOL at your singing comment. If I listen to my iPod with headphones on and sing along (pre-TT) my boys would tell me to stop because it sounded so bad. Insensitive louts! I keep singing anyway. heheheheheh!

Amy

That expains those wailing noises rolling in from the west a while back…

I you must sing try the ones everyone always requests from me:

“Softly” and “Far Away”. Never heard of them but they *must* be pretty popular. I’ve also been told I sing in the Key of C-Nile. Perhaps a duet is in order…

Courage and healing to you,

Boomer

[amosmcd]

#1178836

Hi, Boomer!

I missed this post of yours for some reason. It made me LOL, but not too loud, lest I frighten the neighbors.

Amy

[amosmcd]

#1178837

Okay, I am now a little over 5 weeks post-TT!

Changes are coming slowly now. The hard ridge under my incision is really going down. I expect it will be completely gone in another month. The incision itself looks great! Just a thin line. I use Vit E oil on it once a day.

With the sunny weather finally hitting Seattle this past week, and going on a sun-filled vacation, I’ve been worried about sun exposure to the scar, which my surgeon told me to avoid until next year, to avoid making the scar permanently red.

So I’ve ordered flesh-colored zinc oxide sunblock from Zinka.com which has a SPF rating of 50. It’s water-resistant. I’ve also ordered 2 neck gaiters from 2 different companies. One is Coolibar, and one is Ex-officio. They provide UV protection at 50spf. My surgeon said its better to cover it up than to use sunscreen. So I have the two options. I don’t like having stuff around my neck when I’m hot, so Ill see how the gaiters go and let you know. I’ll be trying all this out as soon as it arrives, which should be next week. In the meantime I use 70 SPF sunscreen and try not to be outside too much.

Okay, aside from that, I’m still waiting for my energy level to get back to normal. I get my labs drawn on Tuesday and see the endo on Friday next week. Haven’t been able to get back to my normal walking program. I’m not sleeping well. Not sure how much of that is related to my surgery or just because I have a lot on my plate right now.

My voice is about the same. If no improvement, I’ll see my surgeon after my vacation. I’m not worried about it. Still early days.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Amy

[Boomer]

#1178838

Thanks for the update!

I’m sorry your energy level is slow to improve but hang int here- your body has been through a lot. Maybe that is it’s way of telling you, no forcing you, to chill out and rest up. Too bad life can’t be put on hold in the meantime huh?

I’m gonna do my best to have a good weekend as you ordered and I’ll expect a sound effort from you on that same note. So hop to it and, well, hurry up and rest!

Now go on with your badass self,

Boomer

[Talley]

#1178839

Thanks for the update – curious how labs look as they relate to your energy level…I do think that after putting your body through stress of a surgery it will take time to get back to “normal”.

Looking forward to hearing what you think of the neck gaiters vs zink…hadn’t thought about the sun after surgery and with the sun here in CO it is an issue!

[Gabe]

#1178840

Amy, thanks for the update. Hadn’t thought about sun exposure so will copy/paste your recommendations in my very long journal. I love the sun but also wear sunscreen religiously. I’ll also add this topic/question to my post-op visit with the surgeon.

Hang in there. Hope you have a great vacation. Maybe some down time will help kick start your energy levels.

l look forward to reading about your first labs and what changes they do to your meds….remind me again what med/dose they started you on after your surgery??

Best wishes,,,

Karen

[amosmcd]

#1178841

Hi, Karen–I was started on 100 mcg of Levo and 3 weeks later I was hyper, so it was dropped to 75mcg. Could be that 88mcg is where I need to be, but we shall see…

[amosmcd]

#1178842

Hi, Talley!

Ill post another update on labs and neck protection. I would have not thought of sun protection at all, so I’m glad my surgeon mentioned it!

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