@Happydale thanks so much for the Jason Stephenson tip on Utube. I did listen to him and slept much better on Sunday evening. I ate watermelon in the evening which was a bad mistake! I didn't eat that much but was up 4 times to potty....
@liam2015 this would be Harper's great, great, great grandmother! It was my great grandmother Annabel Harper Heinzel. She lived to be 97 and was a cook in a mental institute until she was in her late 80's. Can you imagine? She would make chicken and noodles when we would visit and she would have noodles drying on the backs of chairs all over the kitchen!
@Pheebs52 yes Boston is much cooler than Chattanooga. I love that area. I'm sure you are familiar with Andover. I'm usually up there at least once a year for work. I always enjoy it when I go but many times it's like Jan or Feb which is insane for this southern girl. I like to fly into Manchester, NH instead of Boston for obvious reasons....
@Mister, the MUA was a hard decision but a definite right choice for me. I'm hoping to do a 10 week update on my next post and will be talking about that.
Yesterday I had PT at 1030 and didn't get out till noon. I love Monika because she doesn't hurt and push and is really doing so much massage now with her gentle stretches.
After PT I went to my daughters (Tara) house and and she baby Harper and myself drove out to our mall area. Three of our four daughters met us for lunch. Beka lives out of town so she couldn't be there. We had such a fun lunch and then went to Dillard's where they had a great sale on kids clothes. They had their little party dresses on sale and I got the three granddaughters their Christmas dresses at a great price! That was my first mall visit since my second surgery.
We went to Target to get a few things after that. It felt so good to do something normal and fun with the girls! I was fairly tired when I got home and did some elevating and icing for a bit. THEN I had a wild hair and decided to pressure wash my front porch and wicker furniture. It was something that really needed to be done but not something my husband had a passion to do if you know what I mean...
I was as soaked as if I took a shower but oh the satisfaction I got from doing that. There wasn't a lot of walking since I was basically on the porch. The therapy from that worked wonders for my spirit!
I slept really good last night for the first time in a long time! I did the normal bathroom trips but didn't stay awake. I tried something different. Lately I've had a hard time with that restless, achy got to move my leg feeling at night. It does add to the insomnia. I decided to put the dreaded ted hose on for sleep. Actually I found these socks that are support socks but literally just a tube that goes on the calf. There is no foot in them and they don't go above my knees. That totally relieved that weird feeling in my legs that is hard to actually describe. I'm going to try that for the next few nights to see if that continues to help.
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Sending cool thoughts your way!
She stopped by briefly for me, still waiting on a good visit.... I'm glad sleep is coming better for you with this knee. Last night was great sleep for me and still have hope for tonight. We watched an episode of House of Cards late night and I'm still strung a little tight from that...
