Quick update. My tooth is kindof OK, no pain or infection; I see the dentist tomorrow afternoon, fingers crossed for a decent and not too invasive outcome. I sure won't need any additional painkillers; I think I have a lifetime supply .
I haven't tried to swim yet because I am nervous about the tooth, bacteria, etc, and it will take a concerted effort to get a swim lane. Maybe
next week.
Walks
are now 2-3 miles, still in my flat neighborhood, will try some parks soon. I don't need the poles but they are fun so I take them sometimes anyway. Hubby is liking
his poles these days, so when we go together we both take them.
I'm finally getting my workouts sorted out by learning to use bodyweight training, the bands and dumbbells that we have to exercise the body parts that need work. I am doing all the upper body work seated or lying down. I now have three workouts to cycle between, but if I feel like skipping a day or an exercise, I just skip it.
One more thing. Folks talk about doing their PT exercises more than once a day. I think this works only for really simple movements like ankle circles. I try to walk twice a day, but I only do a workout once a day. Even without the surgery, I would not work the same body part more than once a day; my normal weight training schedule would not strongly work any area on back to back days.
And I think that this approach, which is way less gung ho than my first go round, is yielding better faster results; it's certainly not slower.