The good news
1. Was able to spend 45 minutes sitting in a chair weeding my neglected garden (using a weeding hoe) Heat and lack of stamina had me retreat to the air conditioning. I'll get out there again today hopefully.
2. I've been on early morning dog walking duty successfully for more then a week. This morning she lightly nudged her bell at 5AM but I knew better and around six she scratched and I took her out.
3. Haven't taken any pills in days but I did fall asleep with the ice machine running on the knee last night.
4. Showering, shaving and getting dressed in the morning isn't such a chore.
The bad news
1. I was awake at 5AM when the old dog hinted at going out. The darn knee just won't let me get comfortable
2. I'm icing it again this morning.
Perspective
There's a kind of a informal 'knee club' at physical therapy where the patients chat about what's good and bad... about 2 weeks ago a husband of the patient told me his wife wasn't doing well.. didn't say much and didn't look happy at all. I hadn't seen her these last 2 weeks when yesterday she called me over. She told me the morphine has made her so ill she had to be hospitalized but she was off it and feeling better.
Even though the knee still aches I am always reminded it could be worse.
1. Was able to spend 45 minutes sitting in a chair weeding my neglected garden (using a weeding hoe) Heat and lack of stamina had me retreat to the air conditioning. I'll get out there again today hopefully.
2. I've been on early morning dog walking duty successfully for more then a week. This morning she lightly nudged her bell at 5AM but I knew better and around six she scratched and I took her out.
3. Haven't taken any pills in days but I did fall asleep with the ice machine running on the knee last night.
4. Showering, shaving and getting dressed in the morning isn't such a chore.
The bad news
1. I was awake at 5AM when the old dog hinted at going out. The darn knee just won't let me get comfortable
2. I'm icing it again this morning.
Perspective
There's a kind of a informal 'knee club' at physical therapy where the patients chat about what's good and bad... about 2 weeks ago a husband of the patient told me his wife wasn't doing well.. didn't say much and didn't look happy at all. I hadn't seen her these last 2 weeks when yesterday she called me over. She told me the morphine has made her so ill she had to be hospitalized but she was off it and feeling better.
Even though the knee still aches I am always reminded it could be worse.
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