You know, I get caught up in that too...then I look in the mirror and wonder where "she" came from!? Isn't it funny how our brains have us in a completely different year than the body does....then I had this TKR and I think my brain caught up with my chrono age!
I think I am bothered because it is still healing and any little shift causes noticeable issues. Really, it is already a million times better than it was pre-surgery. A cold rainy day last winter would put me in my chair with heat packs on both knees and ruin a whole day. So I'm happy to live with what I have, and I really do believe it is a temporary issue.
Thank you for the compliment. It can be hard for me to read some other threads and see how far and how fast they get back to all sorts of shenanigans. @Tykey for example. I just have to remind myself, as I joked with my PT guy, I couldn't play the violin before the operation either. I couldn't walk for years, and what I did do was not in good form. So not only do I have to heal, I have to get back from a completely disabled place which is its own separate adventure, just stacked on top.
I did not intend to spend 30 minutes. It was a combination of not finding the thing I wanted, but having to check several places, and 2 simultaneous customers with complications at the only 2 open registers.
Oh my. I won't say knitting is always cheap, but it certainly adds up a lot slower than photography!! I've been busy for 3 months and I still haven't spent the cost of a decent camera. lol
Yes, I'm just a puppy still. Patience comes a little easier every year, but I still have a long way to go before I get good at it.
This is getting me through a LOT of frustration. I am in constant count down mode. At this point it will be here before I know it.
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The first time I looked in the mirror and saw my mother was a huge shock, let me tell you! The grey around the edges was very distracting. I have solved this by overdying my hair purple. It's very subtle except over the grey! lol
How fun...I've tried a few colors through the years, mostly stayed with a blonde highlighted brunette, until about 3 years ago. I decided to go with my all gray. It isn't too bad, but when I look in the mirror and see my paternal grandmother (and my father) I even inherited their thin hair. Some of my children have this too.... so funny.
So I'm sticking to my little routine of recumbent bike for 5 minutes.... 3 times today! I do have a goal of doing the 5 mile walk by Christmas...I'll start building up to it at Thanksgiving time and then see how I'm adjusting. I may have to wait until after the New Year too...I know how important it is to take this slowly!
I don't mind the grey. Mine is quite striking with very dark hair and then bright silver streaks. I'm just using a semi-permanent overdye for fun. I always wanted to do something fun and dramatic, but I've never wanted to do the bleach and dye process. It is horrible for your hair, and mine is waist length and has been for decades. I'm not about to wreck it with bleaching. But when someone came out with a conditioner that leaves color rich enough for brown hair, all my dreams were finally answered! It really helps right now because my hair is only about half volume. I had to be on wafarin for 3 months last spring and almost half my hair fell out. "Rare side effect" indeed. Hrumph. The fun purple tint distracts me from how thin it is. It's growing back but waist length takes a few years.
This planned trip has been great for helping me stick to my goals. I might not be willing to push as hard for recovery faster if I didn't have a real goal in mind. It's also been good for getting me back on my weight loss plan. I need to lose the 10 lbs I plan to gain with all the lovely food we're going to eat! Since I won't be walking 8 miles a day like Beloved, I probably won't burn it all off. It's a price I'm willing to pay!
It's good that your DH is helping you take it easy. It is very difficult to do. I find that Beloved wants to push me a bit more than I'm comfortable with. At least he did yesterday.
Thanks. It was an amazing trip and the challenges were just part of my every day life at that point. I didn't really focus on it at the time. Its just now, looking forward to a trip where those things won't be an issue that I have let myself realize how awful some things were to deal with.
That's what this forum is really all about I think. Sharing your experiences with others in the same situation. Even when we're just whinging a bit, it helps when someone else says "oh yes, when I was in that situation, this is how it went for me." It makes a huge difference to know you aren't alone and that others have experienced and gotten past your challenge of the moment.
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Well, I worked very hard over the summer to walk every day and was at my lowest weight in many years....after surgery when doing vitals, one of the nurses asked me if I was very active....which I had been up to that point, I laughed and said, "well, I try"....her confirming answer was, "I can hear your deep breathes even into the lowest parts of your lungs....I'd say that is active!" So, I was in better shape than I had been and was still doing PT for my back, but "pre-hab" for my knee.
I'm working on taking each day mindfully aware of just this day and not overdoing it!
We adore having the lights out every year when the days are so very short. It really helps me deal with them to have the sparkle of the bright colors glowing in the windows. It's a little early, but with Thanksgiving so late this year, we may put them up early if there is a nice weekend between now and then. In Colorado we always put them up the first nice weekend in November because by Thanksgiving we'd often have snow and I didn't want Beloved on a ladder with snow on the ground. Not a problem you have to work around in FL. lol
It's called Overtone. They have their own website and lots and lots of colors. If your hair is more towards blond you'll have a lot more options. It's just a thick conditioner that goes on clean, dry hair and lasts a few months. It mostly washes out of the t-shirt I wear when I do the application, although the white pillowcase takes more washes to be white rather than pink.
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. However, I won't start a new project until I complete the 4 I have started! I did finish a few when we moved to this side of the mountains, then this summer I was able to start catching up once the brain fog from surgeries wore off. I feel like I have a good routine now for our winter months! Evenings and weekends.
. I am pleased though, because that means Mrs. Doubtfire is adjusting and the ole' body is getting a good workout, without overdoing it!
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