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Nov. 5th, 2013 12:02 pmInto my third week back to work. Seem to be doing ok, though still feeling twinges of scar tissue pulling. I had a flu shot through work this morning and as nobody was waiting behind me, chatted to the nurse a few minutes about the op etc. She did say that scar tissue shrinks over time so it might pull and massage might indeed help. I'm getting a bit of pulling at the bottom of the incision too, and I figured the scar tissue was healing and doing this shrinking thing so I've been putting vitamin E oil on it every night. That should help. Never mind, it's all part of the process and it's not that painful, just a bit of discomfort or twinge and I know it takes quite some time to go away. I am going to start having massage in the area soon.
I don't find i get overly tired by night, but i do find i'm yawning a bit more so maybe i'm more tired than i think. I never think i'm that tired unless my eyes are crossing and closing or are burning and tired but i suppose the yawning should tell me otherwise. I"m back to the gym 2 - 3 times a week and that's going fine as well.
Looking forward to my next holiday. Yes, I know, I just got finished many weeks off for the sick leave and with Graham's visit but this next one will be a proper holiday with travel. We're going to go to Paris, basing ourselves there and doing some day trips. That means we probably won't see as much of Paris as we'd like but I will try to make sure we have at least 2 days. We are going to go to Giverny to Monet's home and gardens, to Rouen and to Bayeux as they are all short train journeys from the city, no more than an hour and a half. Giverny can be done as a half day and maybe i'll compare whether we might do an organized tour with transportation or do it on our own. Sometimes it's worth the extra to have the bus and the guide. I've also seen Giverny combined with Versailles for a full day out. More expensive but we'll see.
On the way back, we'll Eurostar to London and have a couple of nights there. I'll put the call out to see if anyone wants or is able to meet up. It will be over the Easter weekend, that much I do know. Now I just have to decide how to get to Paris. I'll have my large suitcase as i will be leaving for home straight out of London so I don't want to haul that around too much. Do we fly to CDG, get the train into Gare du Nord and a taxi to the hotel? (because schlepping the suitcase on the Metro or further trains will be a pain in the ass) or do we take the train to London, probably Euston, probably taxi to the Eurostar nearby, and take that into Paris, Gare du Nord and taxi to the hotel. I don't suppose there's going to be much difference cost wise either way and time wise, due to having to get to the airport early, and then later, customs, and waiting for luggage and taking the train, there might not be all that much difference either way. Both involve a lot of messing around. There's plenty of time to figure it all out at this point.
I don't find i get overly tired by night, but i do find i'm yawning a bit more so maybe i'm more tired than i think. I never think i'm that tired unless my eyes are crossing and closing or are burning and tired but i suppose the yawning should tell me otherwise. I"m back to the gym 2 - 3 times a week and that's going fine as well.
Looking forward to my next holiday. Yes, I know, I just got finished many weeks off for the sick leave and with Graham's visit but this next one will be a proper holiday with travel. We're going to go to Paris, basing ourselves there and doing some day trips. That means we probably won't see as much of Paris as we'd like but I will try to make sure we have at least 2 days. We are going to go to Giverny to Monet's home and gardens, to Rouen and to Bayeux as they are all short train journeys from the city, no more than an hour and a half. Giverny can be done as a half day and maybe i'll compare whether we might do an organized tour with transportation or do it on our own. Sometimes it's worth the extra to have the bus and the guide. I've also seen Giverny combined with Versailles for a full day out. More expensive but we'll see.
On the way back, we'll Eurostar to London and have a couple of nights there. I'll put the call out to see if anyone wants or is able to meet up. It will be over the Easter weekend, that much I do know. Now I just have to decide how to get to Paris. I'll have my large suitcase as i will be leaving for home straight out of London so I don't want to haul that around too much. Do we fly to CDG, get the train into Gare du Nord and a taxi to the hotel? (because schlepping the suitcase on the Metro or further trains will be a pain in the ass) or do we take the train to London, probably Euston, probably taxi to the Eurostar nearby, and take that into Paris, Gare du Nord and taxi to the hotel. I don't suppose there's going to be much difference cost wise either way and time wise, due to having to get to the airport early, and then later, customs, and waiting for luggage and taking the train, there might not be all that much difference either way. Both involve a lot of messing around. There's plenty of time to figure it all out at this point.
