Swell Hell!

Well, the day finally came, and I am in swell hell. Since Monday, I have gained 6 lbs, and it has to be fluid. My drain was not working properly yesterday, and fluid was pouring out of the hole instead of going in to the drain. Dr. Sauceda said it was not working correctly and probably needed to come out. I worked with it hoping that I could get it unblocked and working again, and I did! But, now it isn't coming out of the drain or the hole. If it is like this in the morning, Chief and I will be taking the drain out. I have been laying in bed most of the day because I overdid it yesterday. We went to the Navy Exchange Mall with our neighbors and walked around for a few hours, and then we went and picked Monkey Doodle from school. I was extremely tired last night and just didn't feel good at all. I feel like a swollen tick at the moment, but I know it will pass. I hate to say it, but I feel fat..... My belly is huge, my thighs are huge, my face is so swollen, and of course my back is still really swollen. Dr Sauceda is so nice and just reassured me that it is part of the process, and just to rest, rest, rest.

I do have good news though! We are going to Oregon to visit Chief's family for Thanksgiving! We are all so excited, but now I do not have ANY winter clothes that fit! We are going to be lucky if the kids have any since they have both grown so much since January. We are going to be there for a littler over a week, so it is hard to think about buying new clothes for only 8 days. I will be digging out the winter stuff from last year and see what we can and cannot use. I do have 1 pair of jeans that I found that are brand new. I bought them on the clearance rack because I couldn't pass up a pair of jeans for $2.00! They are a size 7 in juniors, and I tried them on today and can get them on. They were pretty tight and really uncomfortable because of the drain, but they should work as long as the swelling goes down in the next few weeks.

I also tried on bras yesterday, and I ended up buying Wacoal 34DD's. I probably could wear a 32DDD, but the 34DD's will work for now. I cannot wear them for another month, but I wanted to have a couple just in case. After reading so many online forums and message boards, I have learned that Victoria's Secret just doesn't make a good quality bra for the price and would rather spend money on a better quality bra.

Well, I am going back to laying around and being in swell hell at the moment. I am hoping that the Bromelain will help the swelling, and I am cutting out as much sodium out of my diet as I can.