I wanted to let you all know that I’m finally back at home, thanks to the hard work of my wonderful pain doctor and the nurses at my local hospital. There aren’t enough words in the English language to adequately explain how brilliant, compassionate, and wonderful my pain doctor is. I was going stir-crazy at the hospital. As nice as most everyone was, as hard as they worked to keep me comfortable, it’s just never fun being in the hospital, especially for the millionth time. Thankfully I have a genius pain management doctor who came up with a solution that would allow me to go home without being in absolute agony. And not only did he come up with this brilliant solution, but he came up with it, orchestrated it, and put it all into motion on his day off. I have to say, that is one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me, and I absolutely love him for it. I’ll definitely have to pull together another big present for him, because I need to do something nice for him in return. I’m not sure what yet, because there isn’t exactly a Hallmark card that says, “Hey, thanks for the IV narcotics, doc!” If there is, then I certainly haven’t seen it, and besides, how bizarre would that be?

    Anyway. I’m at home. At long last. I’m still pretty much stuck in bed, only waddling around when I absolutely have to. The pain is still quite bad, but thankfully I still have my IV otherwise I wouldn’t be able to sit up, let alone write a blog. I was sent home with a kind of at-home IV that they usually only give to terminal patients, so while I’m deeply grateful to my doctor for pulling strings to make sure I got it, I’m trying my best not to be a little unnerved by it. But basically it’s just like being in the hospital, only I get to carry the IV pump around in a funny little black bag and I get to be a nudist at home instead of at a hospital. I’m in my own bed (sort of – I’ll save that explanation for a future blog), with my own things, my own highspeed internet connection, my own TV. So life is good.

    Oh yeah, before I forget, on the subject of nudism (now there’s something I never thought I’d say), I want to send a shout out and a huge thank you to all the sweet, thoughtful nudists who have been kind enough to leave comments and send me encouraging and insightful emails about various nudist colonies and how understanding they’d be about my condition. I’m very thankful for all of your kind words and grateful for the wonderful education you’ve given me into the lives of the average nudist. You all have been very sweet, very compassionate, and incredibly open and understanding. But I have to say, I’ve always been a rather overly modest person when it comes to my body, so I don’t think I’ll be able to take you up on your offers. I have nothing against nudism, really I don’t, I just don’t think it’s for me. The title of that blog was mostly just a silly little joke, nothing serious. It’s really just a post-operative complication of my disease that means I have to spend so much time in my birthday suit. Once I am able to withstand clothes again, though, I’m afraid the Fashionista in me takes over yet again and I go wild with my closets full of clothing. 🙂 But thanks all the same – It’s always a good thing to learn something new and to meet people with different lifestyles and such. You’ve all been great and I really appreciate it.

    Alright, that said, I think I’d better get to sleep. Yet again it’s 5AM and I’m still awake. Oh the joys of drug side effects and post operative pain. I kind of sleep whenever I can get it, and sometimes that means short naps at odd hours, leaving me stuck back in a rather unorthodox sleeping schedule. I’m going to do my best though to shut off the laptop, the TV, and try to sleep for a little while so I can at least wake up at a normal hour and pretend I slept all night like a normal person. 🙂

    Thanks again to the nudists, and of course, thanks to all my wonderful friends who have been as supportive and loving as always! As I’m sure you know, you all seriously rock, and I love you very very much. Good night! (Err… morning, that is…)