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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Five days ago I had full knee replacement surgery done. They sent me home with a nerve block. Basically, a long tube with a needle stuck into my thigh on one side, and a bag of narcotics on the other side. Had to be very careful with it, carrying it around, making sure not to
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For those of you just joining us, on Oct 4th, I had full kneed replacement surgery. I’m not going to go into too many gory details, but I’m still putting up a warning, in case that kind of stuff squicks you. Check in time was 5:40 AM, plus the hospital is an hour’s drive from
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While I was doing the unplanned writing marathon, I also had doctor’s appointments. So I got to talk with the “joint guy” who’s actually going to do the surgery. There appears to be a bit of luck on my side. The surgeon has injured one of his hands. He isn’t doing any surgeries this summer.
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TLDR: The bad: My knee is toast. The good: My insurance will pay 100% for a knee replacement. And I have a better understanding of why my knee hurts as it does. The longer version: I went to see an arthroscopic surgeon, that is, someone who specialized in arthroscopic surgery, rather than someone whose specialty
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