DEBORAH CORRAO / L’Observateur / October 25, 1999

I know one day I’m going to look back on this and not remember what it was like. Oh, I’ll remember a few things – like trying to get out of bed forthe first time after my surgery. But I won’t recall the little day-by-dayindicators that my body is gradually healing.

I’m feeling better every day. It’s been exactly two weeks since my surgery. I’ve been off pain medication for more than a week. That goes a long way toward making my head clearer. And I’m getting in and out of bedeffortlessly – well, almost effortlessly. Every once in a while I start to get up and wonder how I’m going to do it. Or even, in rare instances, I feel weak, and I just stay in bed for a few more minutes.

I still haven’t worked up the courage to sneeze yet. Call me crazy, but I love to sneeze. Fortunately, the urge hadn’t come on for the first week or so, but lately I’ve had to suppress about two a day. I’m looking forward to the day I can just let one rip.

Best of all, laughing is getting a whole lot easier. I don’t always need to hold a pillow up against my stomach when I get a case of the giggles.

As I ease into my third week of convalescence, I’m coming up against what may be my greatest challenge and the one all my friends in the know warned me about: The Urge To Do Too Much Too Soon. Yes, I’ve never been aball of energy, but something is coming over me tempting me to do things I probably wouldn’t even consider doing if I was a total picture of health – things like vacuuming or weeding.

All the saints who have gone before me tell me it’s important not to give in to those temptations, that I’ll pay for it later. And I’m trying to take their word for it.

So the dog hair is piling up on the carpet and the weeds are taking over the yard. Nothing unusual about that at my house. But I have the perfect excuse not to feel guilty about it.

Dog hair and weeds don’t go away by themselves. They will be waiting forme. Right now I’m going to lie down and read a book.

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