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Recovery has gone very well so far – having Joelle, my mother, and my sister to take care of things makes it really easy! I’ve been resting, laying flat on my back (or occasionally, on my side) for most of the time, with occasional walking around. Most importantly, no pain pills since Friday. I am still taking it very easy, and plan on taking a while more off from work, per doctor’s orders. If I start working at all, I (as most patients do, so my doctor warned me) know I’ll push myself too much, making the chance of re-herniation much more likely, which would be very bad.

Walking has been going real well so far – I can do about a half-hour before tiring out and needing to come home and rest. I can sit for about 10-15 minutes, but then need to stop. That’s mostly due to the incision though – once the stitches come out on Thursday, it should be much better.

I’ve also been doing a ton of reading – so might as well post my recent reading lists, as I have done in the past. What I’ve read:

• • Dog Lover’s Companion to the Pacific Northwest (library)
  • Wry Martini’s (library)
  • How to Raise a Jewish Dog (funny gift – thanks!)
  • The Gospel of Food: Everything You Think You Know About Food Is Wrong (library)
  • 2 Economist magazines
  • Northwest Brewing News magazine
  • The Stranger news-weekly
  • Seattle Weekly
  • Lots of web-pages – especially checking out www.howcast.com more and www.spine-health.com
  • Surprisingly little TV. That said, watched a bunch of golf yesterday, and today, since I am laying in bed, happily watching the US Open Playoff WebCast (free, yeah!)

Next on reading list:

• • Banana: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World (gift again – been wanting to read this)
  • Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash (library)
  • Any other suggestions?