Knee surgery wow
I had surgery last Friday. I always thought I couldn't handle crutches but not so. I was just too fat and out of shape to hold myself up. But now after weight loss of 165 pounds, I was like an acrobat on those crutches. I stayed ahead of the pain for a couple of days as the doc suggested. But as of Sunday night, I was pain pill free and pain free. I can't believe how quickly I have been able to bounce back from surgery. All that weight off has made a huge difference (pun intended). I am still amazed at how much easier everything is for me minus the weight.
I am still on restrictions as I prepare to evacuate ahead of the storm. If you want to know exactly where I live, look at the projected path of Hurricane Ike. Sigh.
Well, I can't complain. I have lots of warning, a safe place to go and help to pack up the essentials. With the extra time that natural disasters don't usually give you, I am at a quandry of how much to take. Do I be a greedy gut and pack up as much as possible or do I just take the minimum. I will find some compromise in between I guess.
I appreciate any prayers toward all in the way of Ike.
Hugs,
Katy
We didn't have to go. My son evacuated to my Mom's further inland and we watched the storm turn to Houston. On Wednesday, we expected it here. Schools more than 60 miles inland closed on Thurs and Fri. I had to get checked at the docs on Wed. instead of Friday because they were closing. It was something to see all that wood getting slapped over windows. We got our wood up and watched the storm. The predictions changed Wednesday night and we waited to see.
The doc was not there and the techs said the stitches weren't ready to come out. Since we weren't sure what the weekend would bring and if we would be able to be back on Monday, they gave me a disposable suture cutting kit in case I couldn't get back before the stitches healed over and hurt really badly to remove. So on Saturday night my hubby played doctor and removed my stitches for me. I couldn't feel the first stitch at all and the second tugged just a bit as it was starting to heal over. I am glad I didn't have to wait or I would have been miserable by Monday afternoon when I did get in to see the doc.
I started physical therapy yesterday and it hurt. I am still hurting from it. It is amazing that I can't get my muscles to do what they are supposed to. It got easier to make them work as the first therapy session progressed but by that night, ouch. I went back to my pain pills and still had to take a couple today.
Physical therapy isn't fun and isn't easy. I thought it would be so easy since I was use to exercise. It has been a big surprise. Sorry to whine but I was really surprised. I should just count all my blessings and hush!
As I watch the news, I feel so sorry for all the Houstonian and people from Galveston. That was the worst place the storm could have hit.
Thanks for checking on me!
Hugs,
katy
