Well, you may all be surprised to hear this but my husband and I are in Phoenix, AZ. We cleared it with my surgeon at my 6-week check-up and he said to go for it as long as we stop along the way and get out and walk every couple hours. So we left home on Friday and arrived here this afternoon stopping along the way at the Dalton Gang hideout (famous Kansas outlaws) in Mead, KS, Petrified Forest National Park and Meteor Crater in addition to stops for meals, fuel, restrooms, etc. I hooked up my trusty ice machine in the backseat and figured out a way to elevate and ice in the car so actually probably did more icing than I do at home. The change of scenery may help my sleeping too because I slept the best last night -- in a hotel room, mind you -- that I had slept since the surgery. Now that I am at my daughter's house, I can ice and elevate quite a bit since they both work, the 5-year-old goes to daycare and the baby has a nanny. I can just hang out in the guest suite and ice and elevate as much as I need to.
I noticed today that my knee is looking more "lumpy." At first, it alarmed me but then I realized that the reason is that the swelling is going down in some areas more than in others instead of being uniformly swollen as it has been. I see that as a good sign that the swelling is maybe starting to dissipate. I hope all of you are doing well.
Roxie
United States
