sooooo..... my recovery is going to be a bit more complicated than I thought. came down with a case of shingles on my face - totally obvious (on the right side of my nose, and a patch just below my eye) and because pain is very common with singles... my jaw is killing me and having severe chronic right TMJ pain (jaw joint) is obviously NOT helping, also the pain has spread to my neck, shoulder and close to where the rib was removed, and headaches are another story... the Dr is pretty sure because the surgery was so recent, and I haven't been eating much, being in pain, lack of sleep, and just in general run down, it might have triggered an outbreak.

Seriously... of all times...

follow-up surgical appointment is in 8 days, I will post an update.


Hope everyone else is feeling good!


Katie