July 4th the family and I went on a "shark tour"... we drove to the North Shore, got on a boat which took us 2 miles off shore and then got INTO a cage with snorkel gear and watched several very large sharks swim all over the cage. It was AWESOME! I was 19 days po and feeling pretty good. I put waterproof tape over my scars and my belly button- I didn't want them to get sea water into any microscopic tears in my incision .
I had a fun time swimming in the cage for 15 min... and I use the term "swimming" loosely. Mostly I just hung onto the cage... However, once I got home my stomach was SOOOOOO sore. I was most sore in my upper abdomen... about an inch above my belly button and the the side of my belly button. I took it easy the rest of the day and now, 2 days later I feel much, much better. So I learned that you use your stomach muscles for a lot more than you think!
