Day 10 recovery - getting over the day before

OK I made have overdone it on day 9. I woke up on day 10 with what felt like a swelling pain in the far left incision in my belly and felt very tender. So I spent most of the day laying down and taking it easy whilst my wife did all the housework and garden work around me. I felt terrible but had no real option. 

My mental state is getting better though - I feel more alert and more able to focus so I spent the morning playing around with my new note-taking e-tablet and figuring out what it could and couldn't do. I'm also using it to keep a log whenever I empty my bladder to try and get a handle on how that is all going and if it is improving. I've also restarted the pelvic floor exercises - possibly a little too much as I'm starting to cramp up down there. But still generally happy with how it's going - the only leakage is either when I'm deliberately holding off, just before I sit down on the loo or after I finish.   

The highlight of today was being focused enough to sit in a reclining chair in the back garden and read a book for a good 45 minutes, before putting it down and having a glorious doze for another 30 minutes as the birds twittered and the wind blew through the trees. It was good to get away from the 'recovery nest' and the TV.      

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