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@gr82cu2 that sounds delicious. I love pasta, but I never tried making noodles before. Is it in a broth like chicken noodle soup? I'm glad your son is helping. You don't need to be worn down so much for your holiday. We just got home. We had turkey and dressing, my chicken and dumplings, mashed potatoes, green beans, sweet potato casserole, corn pudding, deviled eggs, Mac n cheese, fruit salad, cole slaw, macaroni salad, pumpkin pie, chocolate pie, and I don't even remember what else. Of course you couldn't eat some of everything, but it was all available. Whew, it's nap time now!
 
Yeah you cook the noodles in chicken broth until everything thickens up. Towards the end I put the cooked chicken in. Your dinner sounds delicious!
 
@gr82cu2

I'd like to try making your chicken and noodles sometime. Send me a recipe if you can. It would be interesting to make noodles! Do you have to have a pasta machine?
 
No pasta machine necessary :) I'll contact you on facebook. I have already written it up for another friend :)
 
Hello everyone! I'm so tired tonight. I had to work and we were crazy busy. I only stayed 5 hours but it really did a whammy on my knee. It was terribly swollen! But the second picture is all I've done since I got home. Ok, Mom @tiredwife, give me the ODIC lecture. I deserve it. :boohoo:
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Holy cow! That looks wicked :gaah: I hope you are able to stay home and out of the office and off your feet tomorrow. @tiredwife will be along with the lecture soon I'm sure. Try and get some rest tonight. Keep the ice on and your leg up! xox
 
@ConnieJOS ouch that is not good. Sorry you are having to work so much this early in your recovery. Get plenty of rest and keep icing. ((Hugs))
 
@ConnieJOS Sorry you had such a hard day on your knee. I don't know how you do it. I'm having a rough time with work, and my knees swelling and trying to figure out how to do everything. I can go to work. Or I can rehab my knee. I can't seem to find a way to do both, and not have my knee screaming out at me unhappily. I don't know how you do it so early on in your recovery. Take care of yourself and keep up with that icing!!
 
@Minnie's knees @gr82cu2 @tiredwife

It really didn't seem like I did that much but apparently my knee does NOT like Mondays. We are busy at work, not as much as we will be after the first of the year and closer to Spring, but some days get very hectic. And with only three other employees it really makes it harder on them when it's busy and I'm not there. And I hate to wish for it to be slow! I mean I dont want to wish good business away. Hopefully I can manage by just being there when it's really busy, take it in shorter chunks, and get as much rest as possible in between. I may have set myself up for it by doing too much this weekend too. Melvin's sister did an early thanksgiving dinner and I was probably up and around a little more going to that. I made chicken and dumplings to take with us, then we were in the car an hour each way, and stayed there a few hours. Hopefully tomorrow will be easier.
 
Connie, I know you haven't really asked for any advice, but I'm going to offer some anyway. I am gravely concerned about the level of activity you are attempting so early in your recovery. You are not quite 4 weeks out and your knee is not healed. If you keep it in a constant state of inflammation (as evidenced by your swelling and pain), you risk setting up a chronic pain condition that may be difficult or impossible to resolve.

Please be kinder to yourself. If you absolutely must be at the office on a particular day, go in later so you're not tempted to work a full day. Arrange to have a day or two of solid rest in between work days. See if you can advise or conduct some of the work from home via phone or computer. And on those days you do work, do nothing else....no errands, no meal prep, no visits, no therapy or exercises, no dinner out....nothing but icing and elevating constantly. You really shouldn't continue this pushing of an unhealed knee.....
 
@Jamie
I appreciate your advice. I certainly don't want to do anything to affect my healing in a negative way. I did go in late today as you have suggested. I waited until 11:00 even though we open at 8:00 and I stayed until 4:00. I have tried working from home for rhe first few weeks after each of my four surgeries. I just recently have tried to transition back into the office because I've found myself making too many mistakes and letting important things slip through the cracks. Im much more focused on my responsibilities while in the office. I've worked for many years to develop my business and have finally started being successful and profitable. I can't let that slip away because of my negligence, even if I'm neglecting my duties for a very good reason. But thank you, and I will certainly accept your advice and do everything I can to take better care of myself. I've invested too much time, effort, expense, pain, and suffering having these four surgeries to do anything that would compromise the outcome now.

Thank you again for your concern.

Connie
 
@ConnieJOS I am happy you are listening to @Jamie . . . I know that work is what we do. . . And as @ljrfrm said, it feels like we can either rehab or work but not both. . . But you really MUST be kinder to your knee. Take ice packs and a bucket to prop up on. . . A big white bucket. Lay it in a chair and get your leg up over that and put the ice on your knee! Get in your comfy rolling chair and do that every chance you get - or make a time when you can ice AND work! I've had to do that. It is sort of awkward, but my knee is always happier after!

I don't know you - really - but I know you from the heart and spirit that shines through your posts. Be sure you are saving some of that great big heart for yourself. . . To be the best you, take care of you first for a while. None of us wants to see you - our friend - in pain.

Remember? It isn't "No Pain, No Gain" It is "No Pain, MORE Gain!"
 
@Ollie

I do have a rolling chair at my desk, and I have placed a straight chair with a firm, but padded, seat in front of me to put my feet in. I do have to kind of turn sideways to work at my desk, but it works ok. And I did take my ice packs to work, but I admit I get busy and forget to use them enough. I will do better. This swelling today is painful!
Thanks for your encouragement. :flwrysmile:

Connie
 
@ConnieJOS Good for you! Take a couple pillows or a pad to get that leg up some and support the knee. That helps me the most during the day. Are you using the flexible gel packs? Those will wrap nice on the front and back of your knee. I keep two in my work freezer. But getting something under my knee is the key. Without that support, it was uncomfortable. Do you have like a little roll pillow? That would be great!

Good luck, Connie!! Be kind!!
 
I'm starting tomorrow to wean myself off my hydrocodone. I just got my last prescription filled. I've been taking so much of it for so long with the four surgeries, I feel that it's time to slack off. After each surgery I took two every four hours just after surgery. For two of the surgeries they gave me 10/325 and the other two were 7.5/325. After the first couple of weeks, I would quit taking two at a time during the day because they make me too sleepy, but would still take two at night. Until recently I was taking two 7.5/325 at 3:00 am, one at 7:00, 11:00, and 3:00 pm, then two at 7:00 pm and 11:00 pm. In the last week I've cut the 7:00 pm dose to one pill, which means I'm taking 8 of them per day. One month before my last surgery, I slacked off then cut them out completely for one full month to get them out of my system. I wanted to make sure I wasn't building a resistance to them because I needed them to be working in full effect for my next surgery. It really was tough! I didn't sleep for four days. I don't want to go through that again, so I made myself a plan for cutting my dose by 1/2 a pill each day, and adding in additional Tylenol. Here's the plan, and don't be afraid to give me your thoughts on this. I'm hoping it will keep me from feeling the negative effects of getting them out of my system.

The bottom line is how many extra strength Tylenol I can take each day, if needed, with that days Norco dosage and still be under 4000 mg a day. I know it's just a tad over 4000 the first day, but not after that. At first I probably won't take any Tylenol because I'll still have enough of the hydrocodone to manage the pain.

It's interesting that this happened to end on December 4, which happens to be the day of my next follow up with my OS. I hope by then the Tylenol will be enough, but if it's not, I can still ask him about getting more if I need it.

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