Thread by @johnpavlovitz

10/11 AM Recovery Update:

Hello everyone! John here. Most of today's tweets have been prescheduled, as I planned in advance not to be online much while my body begins recovery from brain surgery.
I wanted to check in with a real-time update on my progress:

Follow-up visits today with both neurosurgeon and ENT who performed my procedure to assess my progress.

Hoping to get clarity on the wildly fluctuating hormone and BP levels, and the water/sodium balances which have been the most challenging so far to get a handle on.

Actual surgery site pain-free and invisible from the outside (as they broke through my sinus cavity and removed the tumor in sections through my nasal passages... amazing). No issues aside from steady but manageable sinus pressure, lack of sense of smell, and profound congestion.

I'm not allowed to blow my nose, sneeze, breathe heavily through the nose, bend over forward, or lift anything over 5 pounds, or risk busting open the wounds (which happened once during the hospital stay and was a horror movie scene :)

So the doctor's priorities right now are getting my pituitary to function normally after the trauma of surgery and to help it recalibrate without the tumor inhibiting it. They need to raise my sodium to avoid stroke threat, and to decrease BP.

My priorities are to listen to them, to rest, and to be patient and help my body heal. These are all challenges for someone used to being active, but I know recovery needs to be long and slow in order to be complete.

My family and I so appreciate you all for your kindness and support. It is a huge encouragement to be shown this much love and we're grateful.

People continue to ask what they can do for us. We're fortunate to have a wonderful local community here making or donating meals for us for the next three weeks, and we have help with the daily routine of life, which will be very different for the rest of the year.

It may sound crass, but buying/supporting the new book is one of the most concrete ways you can help our family now. My wife and I are both self-employed and this is our life's work. The blog, social media, Etsy shop, are a mom and pop enterprise (and mom and pop are maxed out!)

You can come alongside us while we attend to my healing and focus on our kids, by boosting us in these days:

Buy the book here:
johnpavlovitz.com/jerk
Visit our shop:
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Review the book:
amazon.com/If-God-Love-Do…

I'll update again this evening as we hope to have lots of news.

In the meantime, words cannot express our gratitude for you. You are a virtual community showing us very real love, and that's something we will never forget.

Have a great Monday, good people.

Love,

John