If you know anything about me at all, you will know that I'm not (to put it mildly) athletic. Even though that is the case, I have tried to be good today and have done quite a lot of knee exercises, and as a result, I am virtuously sore. I can only hope that it pays off tomorrow with ROM that has increased, even if just a little. I still have 3 more weeks of PT, so surely I can get from my current 106 to 120 by the time I next see my surgeon in late March.
Exercise, however, was not the only "excitement" of the day. Last month when my Senior Center Book Club met (the 4th Wednesday of the month), I declined to take a copy of the book for February because I thought it would be quite unlikely that I'd be able to attend. Well, obviously that was a miscalculation, and fortunately I was able to get a used copy of the book from Amazon so that despite my doubts, there I was at Book Club today with my book and my opinions. Happily, there was an empty chair next to me so I was able to put my leg up and down whenever it got stiff in any one position, but other than that, I had no problem at all. It's so good to be doing regular life again!
It was a dreary weather day, so Stan and I both spent the afternoon in quiet pursuits. He napped, read, played chess, and practiced his flute. I became obsessed with two different photographic projects on my computer which occupied my time for well over an hour, and that was followed by lots of reading, both online and in my latest book. And then....there was the ever-torturous exercise, but it's all to the good, of course.
Tomorrow I will once again take some Percocet (the only time I do) and go off to PT hoping to make my therapist proud of me. As a final note, I'll keep up my one constant complaint--I just can't sleep. I have tried everything I can think of and can only hope that this will fade away in time. If it doesn't, I may fade away!!!
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