3 Weeks Out.....starting to come undone

[referee54]

I used the Kindle to watch junky old movies instead.

The only thing that I could do, for some reason, was to watch afternoon TV on TVLand---The Addams Family, The Munsters, Bonanza and Gunsmoke.

 

[maggie may]

It is amazing how much we all experience in common!

Pain, of course, and swelling, and worry about ROM, but also having trouble sleeping and concentration and reading and lack of stamina. That's what makes us such a tight knit group!!!

 

[referee54]

Pain, of course, and swelling, and worry about ROM, but also having trouble sleeping and concentration and reading and lack of stamina. That's what makes us such a tight knit group!!!

My post-surgical pain was not much of a problem until I had to tear some adhesions...oh yes, the swelling and the stiffness, and the worrying about when things would return to normal---also those wonderful sleepless nights spent wandering around the home looking for and hoping for the chance to find somewhere comfortable to sleep!

 

[JDonovan]

Well now that I am under a week, I have begun the packing, organizing and making lists.....yeah it's real now

 

[B's Knees]

Maybe we should start a Bonesmart movie guide: "Hey guys -- I stayed awake for this one,"

 

[kar1963]

I loaded up the kindle with a bunch of books but found that i was not in the reading frame of mind until about a month post op. I am not a big tv fan but found myself watching every court tv show and dr phil.. i will be thinking of you on the 19th and will send you healing vibes

 

[referee54]

I am not a big tv fan but found myself watching every court tv show and dr phil.. i will be thinking of you on the 19th and will send you healing vibes

I wanted to read---boy I really wanted to read---but my concentration (or lack of it!) was such that I really could not---so I also watched TVLAnd ---Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Addams Family, and the Munsters.

 

[leejaa]

Could not read with either knee. TV- silly easy shows, reruns that did not take any brain power and it did not matter if I fell asleep for 10min or 1hr.

 

[referee54]

eruns that did not take any brain power

Yes---"Brain power" is a great term---and I, too, was lacking in large quantities of it!

 

[kar1963]

I don't recommend the waltons reruns i cried every time i watched them..

 

[JDonovan]

I am a knitter, which may or may not be a good thing with narcotics LOL

 

[B's Knees]

Well, I imagine complicated knitting patterns would be out -- but if you're satisfied with big square things . . .

 

[JDonovan]

but if you're satisfied with big square things .

I just divorced one of those

 

[jjillek]

Now that is funny!!!!

 

[Chihuahuan]

Magazines and "old" predictable movies were all I could deal with when I had LTKR. For the RTKR in --OMG--3 weeks time--I've loaded easy mysteries on the Kindle. Have a feeling that they will not be read for a while.
Wishing JDonovan all the best

 

[referee54]

I can remember watching "White Christmas" while working on the adhesions in my knees. The movie still reminds meof those wonderful, early days of recovery.