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new knee in June, Ready & 50yrold,

I had a great day today. Thank you for the encouragement. Picked everything back up where I left off never skipping a beat. I had my designated parking space this morning and that made things much better. I find that I can't get everything finished that needs to be done in 5 hours. I am having to learn to let some work roll off my back and pick it back up when I return the next day.
Tomorrow I will have visitors from another institution. :sos: I am not looking forward to entertaining and teaching them new skills, but I am the senior special ed. processor so I will have to set my work aside and be a teacher tomorrow. All in a day's work!

I hope you had great days also! Again, thanks for being here for me! :flwrysmile:
 
Nice report. Being a teacher isn't so bad...Tomorrow is Friday! and you made it through your first week!
 
Thanks Ready! Being a teacher isn't a bad thing. I just don't need to be a teacher when I have been away from my work place for 6 1/2 weeks. I have so much to catch up on and not enough time to do it in. :headbang: I love to teach others how to do what I do. :kittykiss: I just wish they would have given me another week to catch up.:shocked: I guess this is the story of my life! :heehee:

Have a very happy Friday, all! :flwrysmile:
 
daughter stalker

Maria,

You can do it! After recuperating from The Knee, most anything else will be a breeze :flwrysmile: Thinking of you today. Can't wait to hear how it goes for you! Good luck! :egypdance:

Becca
 
I did absolutely nothing work wise to cleared off my desk today! :sad: I spent the whole time teaching three special education teachers from another facility how to process special education students into DOC. It was great to see two of the teachers I knew and meet the newest teacher from my mentor's facility. All three ladies are from my mentor's facility. I guess you could say that I accomplished training them today, but I had so much I needed to accomplish verifying special ed. student. There is always Monday. :shrug:

I had no time to put my leg up or put ice on it. :sigh: By the time I left work my knee felt like a football. :scare: It really wasn't but it sure felt that way. I had to go to PT right after work so I rushed home to change into my shorts.

I have to share this. :snork: I thought it was quite humorous. :heehee: When I got home to change into my shorts, my husband told me that I had a string hanging from the front of my shorts as he passed by me walking into the next room. I look down and ask him where he sees one. He was in the other room by that time and he tells me again that it is on the front of my shorts. I look down and don't see the string. I ask him if he is talking about my scar. He came back into the room to look at the front of my shorts. He said, "Oh, I guess it was your scar!" :rotfl: I just have to laugh about it. :loll: If I don't laugh about it I would probably be crying. :boohoo:It was kind of funny! :heehee:

I had a substitute PT today. It is always interesting working with someone who does things just a little bit differently. The sub PT said that the knee was swollen, but not too bad. I did my normal exercises in a slightly different order. The massage was just a little bit different. Different in an okay way. I was 123/8 when we started and ended up 127/3. I don't every think I am going to get to 0 extension. I felt better after going to PT today.

For now I have decided that I am going to work Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for 5 hours per day. It worked okay for me this week even though I was not intending on skipping Wednesday for being ill this past week. Also, it is amazing how many handicapped parking spaces are available on a Friday. :loll:

I am ready for some rest this weekend! I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! :flwrysmile:
 
daughter stalker

I take heart in that you have had a good week, this week your first launch back into the world of work! It is great that your parking problem was taken care of! And it sounds like a successful time, lots accomplished even if it wasn't what you had planned. :gaah:

Have a great weekend, relax! And your string will become tiny in no time! :snork:

Take care,
Becca
 
My friend sleep returned! :dancy: It was sputtered sleep but I slept last night. I fell asleep at about 11 PM and finally got out of bed at 9:30 am. :happydance: I tossed and turned but didn't stay awake after I turned. I got up at 6 am for a potty break. Tossed and turned again until I finally got up. I feel better :egypdance: Now if I can only get this much sleep two or three days in a row...:spin:

I hope everyone has a wonderful Saturday!!! :flwrysmile:
 
I'm at the gym riding the bike for 20 minutes. I need to get my strength and stamina back. I have may teen dAughter with me. She won't let me over do it. She wants too much from me so she knows what she gets when I over do. NOTHING!! I guess it is a good thing she is with me. I intend to irest, ice and elevate when we return home.
 
Glad you made it through your first week, even with lots of trials. A mid-week break does sound like a good plan.

Your flexion sounds great, and your extension will get there. I not to 0 yet either, and I am not going to sweat it. It will come. Your daughter sounds smarter than me when it comes to knowing the consequences of over doing it. Maybe I should borrow her! And about your string scar--you earned that! Be proud.

Enjoy your weekend, and do take time to relax.
PJ
 
I had a decent day today. I only need SLEEP!!! :gaah: 4.5 hours just isn't enough. I got my small amount of interviews completed, verified some special education students and sent out a couple of special education inmates to permanent institutions. I am still way behind, but I will eventually catch up. :scratch:

Some people are absolutely stupid!!! :gaah: I parked my car in the parking lot where I have PT. I hear a sound then look to my left I see a white pick up truck backing up between the building and a gray compact car. The pick up stops then drives forward then backs out again. After the pick up truck backs out I see that the rear bumper of the gray car had a small bash in it. The place where this guy was backing up from was where the staff members for that office park. I was absolutely amazed that the man didn't stop. I assumed that the man was an employee.

The absolute nerve of some people. :no-fin: I went inside and asked about the owner of the car and if anyone knew the driver of the pick up truck. We dealt with the police and I had to make a written statement on what I saw. I didn't get the tag number of the truck because I was in shock seeing the man just drive off after hitting that compact car. Apparently the man in the pick up truck was with an insurance company visiting to audit files. If I were thinking I should have taken a photo of the truck with my phone, but hindsight is 20/20. :sigh:

At PT today I had a different substitute PT. OMG...I can't wait until my regular PT comes back on Wednesday. Each PT has a different way to massage. I almost reached up and popped my PT today in the head. He was breaking up scar tissue with massage and hit a very tender spot. I came close to coming off the table. The PT stopped, but OUCH! :boohoo: Iced and elevated then went home. I had enough excitement for one day! Never a dull moment in my life! :yikes:

Everyone have an awesome night! Tomorrow the saga continues...
 
It's a good thing that I got 8 hours of sleep last night! :happydance: Today was busy! Up and down from my seat. Down the hall and back! Today I walked the most I've had to do for work since my return to work.

I had to take my teen to the minute clinic to get some antibiotics. She has a sinus infection. The sitting and waiting was long. No PT for me today. Ice and elevation is the order of the night.

I'm off from work tomorrow for rest! :egypdance: I have PT in the PM so that will be enough for me! :SUNsmile:

I hope all had a great day! Have a wonderful night! :flwrysmile:
 
Wishing you another night full of beautiful sleep. :sleep: None of this :zzz: or this :mcoffee:
Just plenty of this :sleep: :sleep: :sleep: :sleep: :sleep: :sleep::sleep: :sleep:
 
Glad you took tomorrow off--smart move! Hooray for sleep! Perhaps the busy days are helping you sleep. I hope your daughter gets better. Mine just got over a raging ear infection just in time for the first day of swimming practice. Enjoy your day off!
 
Ready

Sorry to hear you daughter had such a horrible ear infection. I'm glad that she is feeling better. Thanks! My daughter is okay. She is just a little whinny. :cry: I am glad I took off, too! :SUNsmile:

Bionic woman2

Thanks! I didn't get the sleep I received the day before. I almost got up to take a pain pill. :cry: The pain didn't last too long. I guess ODIC is alive and well here. I think with all the walking yesterday and sitting last night at the minute clinic didn't sit well with my knee. :sad: It sure is a good thing that I have today to recover from
yesterday! :) I am one that does two steps forward and one step back. :heehee:
 
Good morning d.s,
You are doing so well with your return to work :) it's great you have the day off, take it easy &
Tomorrow will be just fine :egypdance: I am 10 wks. 3 days, I go. Back to work August 19. I only work
7-11pm ( sun.-thurs.) I am by myself &can ice & elevate when I want...even have a cup of tea.
You & becca have my utmost respect for going back to such demanding jobs :bow:
I will be asking my therapist today if I can resume the gym & what exercises I can do :dancy:
I seem to do really well, then pay for it in the o.d.i.c :shrug: that was yesterday...today I feel great :what:
Which means I will over-do in therapy today, vicious cycle :beg:
I hope your daughter is feeling better.
Take care,
Diana....June sunbeams :SUNsmile:
 
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