Posturing

I am lying on my right hand side with my face against the pillow, angled slightly downwards. This is the best position for my retina to heal properly and it is called "posturing" by the hospital staff. During the operation the eye surgeon drained out the fluid from my eye and replaced it with a bubble of gas which is supposed to press against the tear (which I think the surgeon also "spot-welded") and help it to heal.

I am allowed to get up to eat / go to the bathroom for a maximum of 10 minutes of every hour. I am behaving and obeying this rule because I want my eye to get better properly and quickly. 

But it's annoying. For example I am tapping out this post slowly using my left hand because my right shoulder is pressed into the pillow, restricting movement of my right arm. And I feel so useless.

However to look on the bright side James has been really great and has reconfigured the bedroom for my current situation. He and Alasdair turned the bed right round so that I face the window rather than the wall. And he has set up a television at eye level and downloaded an audio book onto my iPad (The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt which Heather lent me recently and I have been looking forward to reading). And so I am well taken care of, but this whole thing is so weird. I have gone from being (too) busy to being almost completely incapacitated. I know that my job is in very good hands so I'm trying my best not to worry about work (something that has become rather a habit I'm afraid - this experience will be a good lesson for me that nobody is indispensable.) I'm going to listen to my audio book now.