Keep the faith my friend.
Awww, so sweet of you,
@Calgal. I mostly "keep the faith" but like everyone, I suspect, there are moments when I falter and doubt. But overall you are right, I have to keep believing that this old and unwieldy body IS going to cooperate in the end and full recovery will be happening. And, yes,
@Elf1 I tried to ignore those "young'uns" in class and I was mostly successful. But, oh, when I'd catch sight of them easily segueing from one movement to another with none of my grunts and groans, I confess to hideous jealousy. I clearly need to run into someone like your knee replacement guy to give me a sense of perspective.
Good grief,
@mainegirl1 you were outside biking on uneven terrain? I can't imagine doing this! Sounds so uncomfortable and unpleasant, but I have no outdoor exercising tendencies. I am big wimp that way. If I'd had to go west on the Oregon Trail, I'd have died 20 miles from the start, I'm sure. I am an indoor exerciser all the way, but marvel at those hearty souls like you who get out there and hike and bike around outside.
And thank you,
@VSlowLife and
@ahipgma, for your words of encouragement. I am not sure how committed and determined I actually am, but I will keep plugging away. I know I am quite lucky that despite setbacks I probably am having an easy recovery in that I am able to get through my daily life usually without any problems. Of course, this begs the question as to whether I have that energetic of a life! I do my PT exercises, hit the gym every other day for fairly short and low impact cardio, going to structured PT weekly and now Pilates. And with all that my daily step count usually never hits about 3000 steps! I spend far too much time plopped in a chair reading during the day when I should be out doing something.
Feeling okay this morning. Stupid taping from yesterday is already falling off and increasingly feeling like it is doing absolutely nothing positive. Sure, it doesn't hurt but still, WHY?! I may tell her next time not to bother with it. Plus, because it is all around my knees it squishes the skin into this wrinkled weird area, highlighted by bright purple tape--a vastly unattractive look in addition to not exactly helping as far as I can tell. Up at 6:15 this morning, marveling at how grimly dark it was outside, the light not even creeping up on the horizon until after 7:30. I know that with the return of PST this Sunday it will be a wee bit lighter in the morning, and light is a positive factor in my mental well being. But the flip side is that by 4:30 the light will be fading rapidly. Heavy sigh--these short days of winter are just the pits, aren't they?
Okay, enough grousing. Time to get up and tackle Friday chores--changing out bed and bath linens, a series of laundry loads. Carpe diem! And, OMG, it's November today--the holidays are right around the corner!