Yesterday was a hard day. One of the worst so far. You’d think that after four weeks, it would consistently be better. That hasn’t been the case, at least for me. I woke up feeling really rough. You know those mornings when even the air feels heavy, and it takes more effort than it should […]
Knee Update – Nerve Pain Edition Read More »
I had a full knee replacement surgery done four weeks ago. Tuesday last week I had a definite shift, turned a corner, as it were. The pain levels dropped dramatically. Instead of all my muscles screaming, it changed overnight into more of a stretchy hurt. I can work with this. I’ve been stretching more, trying
Knee Update – Four Weeks Out Read More »
I completely forgot to write yesterday. I was planning on it. Woke up feeling pretty rough yesterday morning. Had some caffeine. Hadn’t realized my hormones were whacked as that put me right back to sleep. Except then the nerve pain in my knee woke me up, making it impossible to rest or concentrate. Went and
Writing Streak Broken Read More »
I figured I should post about how I’m doing on the writing front, specifically. I feel as though yesterday was a pretty typical day for me. I got to the computer by 9 AM, wrote 500 words of a Medium post in 30 minutes. On the one hand, that was awesome. It was a good
Three weeks ago I had full knee replacement surgery done. I continue to improve. Because I spent last week in the tiny house, then came back to the main house for the weekend, I have a good set of benchmarks against which to measure myself. And though I am occasionally discouraged–this weekend was difficult for
Knee Update – Three Weeks Out Read More »
Two weeks ago I had full knee replacement surgery. It’s kind of amazing how good I feel compared to then. I’m tracking different things right now than I was. So I figured I’d do an update on those. Strength: As my PT said, my strength just kind of has been coming back, without me working
Knee Update – Two Weeks Out Read More »
A couple of days ago, on Thursday, I came down with a really bad migraine. It was pretty obvious what had triggered it. I also knew that my hormones were kind of all over the place, and that they’d contributed to the migraine. By late Friday, I finally felt as though I’d recovered and was
Knee Update – Hormone Edition Read More »
It should surprise exactly no one that my hormones haven’t been completely balanced the last week or so, between major surgery, massive drugs, lots of stress, etc. I’d had the odd headache off and on, nothing too bad, but a little worrisome. Then yesterday, we drove into Seattle for the first post-op doctor’s visit. That
Knee Update – Migraine Edition Read More »
Last night, I was just about to complain to my husband about how badly I felt I was lurching while I was walking. It wasn’t until I turned back to him that I realized I’d walked all the way across the room without my crutch. I’d just gotten up and walked. It was the first
A week ago I had a full knee replacement done. Normally on random Mondays, I do an accountability post. Doesn’t really make sense at this point, as what I was holding myself accountable for has radically changed. Eventually I might get back there, but for now, I figure I’ll just chat about what’s happening with
Knee Report – One Week Read More »