It's been so long, I've been such a blogging-slacker. I kind of knew this was going to happen, but still feel bad about it. Sorry guyz.
It's tough keeping up with posting on here at the same time as trying to get back into the groove of 'real life' again - other things keep taking precedence (like work, and social life, and laundry, and sleeping, and ... you know all the other important things in life).
Anywho let's get down to business here - PHOTOS!
*although it's been about 9 months now since the incident (wow, 9 months. fcking crazy right!?) the photos below are from both the 6 month and 9 month mark. I've still been taking photos frequently over the past few months to share with my mom, even though I haven't been avidly posting them here, so i have plenty to pull from to share with you guys! :)
Here's my thigh from the first couple of weeks, just as a refresher:
Then here's it at month 6 & 9 (current):
Okey doke, now here's my stomach the first couple of weeks:
& here's it at month 6 & 9 (current):
Major progress right?
I have to say, I haven't looked back at the original photos for a while - my phone storage filled up about a month ago (stupid iPhones) so I'd transferred all my photos to my macbook and haven't really looked back since - and it was kind of rough seeing them today. You don't realize when you're on percocets for months at a time that that stuff numbs not only your body, but your emotions too. It's great in the moment but looking back at those times now can be kind of hard on me.
I've been going to therapy and my therapist kind of explained it like this: it's like your brain displaces all those emotions at the time because you had one goal - RECOVER - and you had to make that happen before you could mentally deal with anything else. Well, now that I've gotten physically a lot better it's like my emotions are still trapped in there and want to come out at the oddest times. Stupid emotions, pshh. Luckily therapy has been helping me figure out how to get them out and deal with them properly. Recovery is a long difficult road. It's both physically and mentally draining, and I don't think many people understand it who haven't been through it so for everyone that has seen me over the past 9 months, been there for my laughter, been there for my tears, and more importantly just been there to support me through it all - thank you, your ongoing support means the world to me.
