12 Days After Surgery (incl. lypoma pic)

This one is going to be super short-and-sweet.  I had my "follow-up" with my surgical doc; he gave me the all clear to go back to work, just be mindful of my "pain-limits" in regards to working (Hello desk duty). Also, I now have the picture of what was removed from me, and a couple pics from "8 days later".  So, WARNING - some people may be a bit squeamish with the picture of what was removed from my body (multiple lypomas).  I personally don't think it's that bad.  Anyway, you've been warned.

The big lypoma measures  10.4cm x 6.5cm x 2.0cm

I think it looks like a bunch of P.Hut boneless chicken-wings.  A buddy of mine said they also look like McD's chicken nuggets.  So there's that...  The path report did not include the weight...gee, why would I want to know about that?  So, I asked the doc what he would estimate the weight to be:  about the same as a plum.  My take away from that:  it's negligible for my notes in regards to weight loss.  ESPECIALLY with being sidelined from working out for a couple weeks...  The nice thing, is that I haven't gained a lot of weight.  I've certainly gained some, just not enough to cause me to be depressed or stress out in the slightest.

Okay, pictures of me from October 5th:

My left side

My right side

As you can see, I'm healing up nicely...save for that nasty bruise.  My torso is super tender and sore still (10/9/2018).  Matter of fact, my rib cage all the way up to my armpits is somewhat tender - most likely just muscle adjustments, etc...  Too much torso movement, causes quite a bit of discomfort / pain.  I am still taking pain meds.  The doc stated that he basically had to tunnel around to get everything out - hence the bruising on my left side.

Last thing:  Today, is going to be my first day back at work.  Yay.  Going to be interesting.  I'm not a fan of being stuck at my desk and not running around to get things done, but that's what's going to happen:  I'm going to be stuck to my desk - boss was very clear on that (truth be told:  I expressed the same concern - that if I am able to do just desk duty, then there's no reason I can't come back today). .....oh, except I found one reason when I got home from going to the store after the doctor appointment.......stamina.  I've been laid up so long (yes , for me it's long) that my stamina is shot.  So, we'll see what happens - this should give me the ability to ween myself back into things though.

Nothing like starting over from a different starting point.  I'm hoping in a week or so I will feel decent enough to start back into doing some form of exercise (outside of tiny walks).

Keep your head up, and keep on grindin'!