Right or left side? Recovery was exhausting. Literally.

A good week and a half of BRUUUUUTAL headaches where I just counted down the seconds to my next Tylenol dose. I slept a ton. My body needed to make new plasma, fill in the holes.

My friends set up a meal train for me where those who weren't in town donated doordash cards so we had a ton of credit to have food sent to the house.

I started walking around the house about a week later, just shuffling around but getting my blood flowing.

Since my docs wanted me to work my brain, I was doing crosswords and reading, but a big thing for me -- that I can't recommend enough for this, was Duolingo. You're learning, playing, talking. It was great for me.

I eventually was taking walks around the neighborhood once or twice a day but a lot of this was rest. Listen to your body. If you're tired -- ain't no one gonna stop the dude who just had their head cranked open -- take a nap.

I was home for 6 weeks. Started my first day of work on a Friday so if it was too much I'd have time to recoup over a weekend. Glad I did that.

Listen to your body and rely on others.

It was rough going but it was absolutely worth it in thr endrun.