18 weeks with Bionic Spence, 7 weeks since returning to work:
Time certainly seems to be moving faster than I can keep up with!
Much of it just seems like a blur, but no worries, Spence won't let me forget about him!
I shouldn't complain though, he's grown on (in?) me, and I've gotten rather attached to him!
I figure at this point he must be pretty solidly a part of me. No cement, he was designed so that my bone grew into him to hold him in place.
Well, I made it to Hersheypark today, and had a great day walking around and riding rides, especially the roller coasters. Yes,
@Pheebs52 , rode the Wild Mouse for you!
Spence held up very well with 20,000+ steps, and it dawned on me today that I think that he prefers to be moving rather than sitting.
At least that's my guess considering I really didn't have pain while walking all day, and didn't really think about him. Shhh, don't tell him that! Don't want him to think he needs to make himself known!
The drive home wasn't bad either, much to my surprise. I am icing and elevating due to some swelling, but no pain really, which is good. Hopefully this trend will continue, although I do generally spend most of my time sitting each day, be it driving or at work.
The ups and downs on this recovery road seem so unpredictable.
I am trying to think of what else to report at this point. The past week and a half or so have been challenging. While I go up and down stairs foot over foot, I had to hold onto railings for some extra support as they were more difficult due to mild pain and moderate stiffness. So that was a little bit of a *one step back* kind of thing.
Scar is getting better, but is still red. I was hoping the redness would have gone away by now. Spence is also a little warm most of the time, but not so warm that it has me concerned at all. Guess he just likes to snuggle up with his blankie!
So overall it's just more of the same old same old.
I guess that's not so terrible, though it would be nice to have some small victories to report.
I do think that I am going to need to start doing things to rebuild strength in quad muscles. There is still a good size disparity between legs. My biggest roadblock to that is trying to find the time and energy to do it. Will have to find some simple exercises that I can work into my day during breaks and such. I do need to chunk together some time for exercise so that I can get use of the sleeves designed to *reactivate* communications between quad & hamstrings and brain. I did use it at the park today, and Spence seems to do well with it.
I suppose that is all for now as I cannot think of anything else to report. Of course it is late and I should be sleeping, so maybe that's why I can't think so well! Ahh, that just jogged my brain! I can report that my sleep has improved a great deal. Spence generally doesn't wake me up in the middle of the night anymore, although I have had some cramping in my thighs that has woken me up. Fortunately I am able to fall back to sleep again pretty quickly.
So, the journey continues......
that it is only when I am on my right side. So for some reason now, Spence does not like sleeping in the *bottom bunk*, and he sends pain and what feels like muscle cramping but not, on the medial side of him. I have to stretch out that leg for a bit and roll over. It then goes away, but I don't know what the reason for it is being that it is a recent phenomenon. 
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Now I did hold the railings for balance, and this was only at home, not at work, but he made several trips up between last night, when he got this idea, and today. I guess he is trying to build strength in different ways. 
