Post Op Day #13

Post Op Day #13

For those of you who don’t really know me…for the last year I was suffering from a pinched nerved caused by a herniated disc at C5 in my neck. 13 days ago I underwent surgery to alleviate the burning, stabbing, electrical pain. The surgery is called ‘Micro Posterior Cervical Laminectomy’. I can report today that it was a very successful surgery! I had 5 days of excruciating post op pain which made me wonder if I had done the right thing. But today I am noticing that things are much much improved and the pain is about a 2 (compared to the 8 pre surgery) I am able to sit at the computer for about an hour now. I have cut back my pain meds by half. I have even been able to keep up on my design team duties. So in random order-here are the latest:

images from Nancy’s kit Men in Hats and some image from flickr of an old dude pulling up his horse blanket.

i think this is last weeks Crowabout with images from Nayski. Zib calls her ‘This Girl’…

This is ‘St Larry of the Hats’ I misspelled Hats…it should be ‘chapeaux’.  images are from Crowabout Studio B.

I about threw up my cottage cheese when I read in the news that Kim Jong Il said he’d created an ‘invisible phone’! I read on wikipedia he also had some other bizarre claims of fame. He’s such a little girl-I dressed him up!

This is an ATC i made for Marsha of Tumblefish Studio’s ATC swap. Mine is old skool not digital. I have yet to find out who my partner is….

The Hair Family is an online challenge thru Flickr. You download the original and then alter it somehow. This is my contribution. here is the original:

here is part of a journal page i started the other night:

and here is todays work:

weebles wobble…remember them?? the images are from Nancy Baumiller’s kit “Wild Things” found at deviantscrap.com

I am starting to get sore now-so I best finish up here…cya l8r!

About briedah

there is a tendency to list accomplishments and other meaningless demographics here...I am not that ambitious or organized but feel compelled to create art as a way to cope with my physical pain, loneliness and anxiety. i am delightfully candid about my past exploits but currently struggle with my powerlessness over a life long addiction to sugar. these new pages with focus on change, behavior triggers, dreams and reactions to life stressors shall help me voice my pain and frustration. the next six months i will try to un-do some of the insanity that has caused me to neglect my health and my soul...in december 2011 i am scheduled for bariatric surgery, a procedure that will be a tool to help me lose 100 pounds. the quick fix is no longer an option.

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