Yawn....lazy Sunday afternoon. It's been a good day so far, however, with nothing particular happening. After yesterday's unfortunate event, I'm happy to have a bit of boredom! The heat has relented by only a few degrees, so I'm still not at all interested in trying to walk outside which means that I have an excuse to continue my stay-at-home ways.
It's late afternoon and, for the very last time, I'm waiting for my daughter-in-law to come by to give me the final shot of Lovenox. While these shots are given with a small needle and aren't particularly bothersome, I absolutely can't imagine having to self-inject, and I'm IMMENSELY grateful to my D-I-L for doing this for me!
Just to recapitulate my day, I can report that I went upstairs, washed my hair, took a shower, did a lot of reading, and took a nice long nap this afternoon. My exercises are over for the day. I've done them twice today--17times for each exercise. As much as I dread doing these, and as much as some of them are downright painful, I can't emphasize enough how vitally important it is to do your exercises every day. Obviously the goal of all this experience is to get back to the mobility I had three or four years ago. Maybe I'll not get back to the flexibility I had when I was 45, but it would be nice to get back to the state I was in when I was 55 or so, and without exercise, it will never happen. So if you ever have TKR surgery (and of course, you and I both hope you don't!), do your exercises, not matter how tired you are and no matter how much they hurt!
That's it for the day. It's still hot, dry, and sunny. We have the chance for thunderstorms this evening, but so far, we seem to be out of luck. Oh, well....maybe tomorrow!
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