Weezy
graduate
It was a busy and momentous weekend for me at 6.5 weeks after surgery:
1. I RODE A REAL BIKE ON SATURDAY! and
2. I graduated on Sunday and WALKED AND STOOD through the ceremony.
It felt SOOO good to ride a real bike, although my stamina didn't let us go too far. We're hoping to get out for a bit longer sometime this week. Riding a real bike is certainly different from the exercise bike! At first it was like I couldn't balance, steer and get my knee loosened up all at once. John was holding me upright like I was just learning and keeping me balanced. But after a few cycles around, my knee loosened up and I was fine.
I overdid it that day, because I had vacuumed the WHOLE house and scrubbed the downstairs bathroom before we went riding...not a good idea. I think that's why I didn't have much stamina or energy.
Sunday was graduation at Qwest Field (football stadium). What no one told us was the huge distance to be walked not only from the parking lot but even within the stadium itself. We didn't figure out that I should have been dropped off in front until we had walked many many many long blocks (we'd never been to the field before).
I did it with one crutch because I had been told about the surface on the field--they put these plastic or rubber interlocking tiles on top of the grass and it was a very uneven and unstable surface and we had to walk the length of the field twice. I even held up the processional line and didn't care!
Was able to get up and down from the low, funky chairs just fine (no arms), and did fine on the ramps up and down the stage. My advisor/dissertation chair is a lovely, kind person, and he arranged it so that I was his last student to be hooded and he took my arm as we walked down the ramp.
I'm still exhausted from the weekend (and haven't slept well for two nights now!), but I DID IT. I didn't get any bone pain from the excessive walking and standing on Sunday, and I take that as a real plus.
Now I just need to recover my energy and hope the anti-depressants kick in soon.
Doc Weezy
1. I RODE A REAL BIKE ON SATURDAY! and
2. I graduated on Sunday and WALKED AND STOOD through the ceremony.
It felt SOOO good to ride a real bike, although my stamina didn't let us go too far. We're hoping to get out for a bit longer sometime this week. Riding a real bike is certainly different from the exercise bike! At first it was like I couldn't balance, steer and get my knee loosened up all at once. John was holding me upright like I was just learning and keeping me balanced. But after a few cycles around, my knee loosened up and I was fine.
I overdid it that day, because I had vacuumed the WHOLE house and scrubbed the downstairs bathroom before we went riding...not a good idea. I think that's why I didn't have much stamina or energy.
Sunday was graduation at Qwest Field (football stadium). What no one told us was the huge distance to be walked not only from the parking lot but even within the stadium itself. We didn't figure out that I should have been dropped off in front until we had walked many many many long blocks (we'd never been to the field before).
I did it with one crutch because I had been told about the surface on the field--they put these plastic or rubber interlocking tiles on top of the grass and it was a very uneven and unstable surface and we had to walk the length of the field twice. I even held up the processional line and didn't care!
Was able to get up and down from the low, funky chairs just fine (no arms), and did fine on the ramps up and down the stage. My advisor/dissertation chair is a lovely, kind person, and he arranged it so that I was his last student to be hooded and he took my arm as we walked down the ramp.
I'm still exhausted from the weekend (and haven't slept well for two nights now!), but I DID IT. I didn't get any bone pain from the excessive walking and standing on Sunday, and I take that as a real plus.
Now I just need to recover my energy and hope the anti-depressants kick in soon.
Doc Weezy
United States
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