Hiya
@Ellejay ,
@Nana moon 27 ,
@susanne ,
@Phil75070 ,
@TexasTee ,
@dogwheels ,
@Jozilla ,
@Chihuahuan ,
@hopefaith and all else who are nice enough to check in and encourage me. Interesting to hear all the acupuncture stories and pleased to hear that they work. I 'may' try it at some point. 'May' actually means 'as a last resort' though. ;-) I just can't wrap my head around willingly getting needles stuck in me. I know they're tiny, but I've had so many blood draws, shots, etc.... in the past few years that anything dealing with needles just gives me the willies.
I've had a pretty okay few days. While my knee is 'better', it's still a work in progress. Still swells, still feels heavy and full and still stiff when I get up from sitting for any length of time. I can look back 2 months, or even just one and see that I am making progress, it's just in tiny little increments.
I've stopped taking pain meds aside from Tylenol. I take my gabapentin at night before bed and in a week or so, I will start taking it in the morning as well. I am unsure as to whether the Celebrex is still doing anything for me. I go a few days without taking it and I don't seem to notice much of a difference. I don't think.....
I went to the pool again yesterday and got a bit carried away. As the thought of not making the olympic swimming team occurred to me, I decided to work on my kick as I don't think there's a 200 yard dog-paddle event in the works any time soon. I kicked around a bit on my own and then did some more while holding onto the side of the pool. I then had a brilliant idea to work on squats and see how far I could push my knee to bend. In hindsight, brilliant kinda means stupid. While I could bend my knee almost as much as I can my 'good' one, I could feel that it was a (literal) stretch. I did a few more anyway. I went to a baseball game with a friend last night and my knee paid me back for the my silliness in the pool. Oh well, live and learn.
Today has been some baking and working around the house. My friend came over to hang out and take my youngest pup for a walk as I still can't do long distances and my ex came over again to hang a few more window blinds and another sun shade. They both pretty much spent the day at the house and I took them both out to an early dinner as a thank you.
All in all, it's been a good weekend so far! Hopefully tomorrow will be equally as enjoyable! I hope everyone is well! xoxoxoxo
(oh, and Chris, I'm very glad that my 'sticky knee' could bring a bit of laughter to your daughter on an otherwise pretty sucky day) xoxox
Ouch!!!!!
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I'm having quite the time getting rid of the 20 lbs I managed to put on since surgery. Boo.
Dare I ask if you will buy your pillows or make them yourself?
I'm going to pass on your husband's brother @dogwheels . The only thing worse than a know it all, is a dumb one who doesn't know what they're rambling on about.
make pillows ..... you're FUNNY! Do people actually do that? I may go look for some fun fabric and then ask my friend's daughter (the one I take to painting classes) to make me some pillows. I gave her a sewing machine for her high school graduation and she's pretty darn good with it!
- I had hoped for better results.
