Teachlady

Good morning, Violets.. Back from my therapy session and it was so much better today. I had my original therapist and I told her about yesterday's pain. She went easy on me today and told me to tell the other therapist when I couldn't take it. She said my knee looked "angry" when I came in today. We did my exercises and then she did some deep muscle massage and boy, did that feel good. She's concerned about the swelling and gave me hints to deal with that. By the time I left, I was bending at 95 and no pain like yesterday. whew. Off to read tabloids today and start sitting in a chair more and more to help with the bending. PamELa... I sent you an email this morning. Everyone have a good day!!

Good afternoon, Violets.. Drive by post again. Therapy this morning was grueling. Was bending at 82 degrees and she got me to 95 in 10 minutes, but I thought I was going to die. Natural child birth is a piece of cake compared to the torture today. Left there, came home, iced the knee, took a pain pill, napped and am now in my happy place again only to have to go back to therapy tomorrow morning. At least it will be with my regular therapist, not the lady today who just kept saying.. breathe, breathe, while she bent the heck out of my knee. This too shall pass. Two weeks ago I was still in the hospital, so I guess I'm making good progress. I told my therapist.. the NICE one.. that I was going to Ca. in Sept. so that's our goal. To get me up and walking and sitting and comfortable before then. AND I get to go in the pool on Sunday!! Wooo hooooo!! Everyone have a great day.

Good afternoon, Violets.. Quick post as I can't sit here very long comfortably. Last night was not so hot. Had to resort to the pain pills again, but today is much better. I've done one set of exercises and am doing another as soon as I finish this. Each day is better and better. The dressing came off yesterday and the incision looks really good. The scar will be from the top of my knee a couple of inches down to the bottom of my knee a couple of inches. It's the universal scar I see on tons of knee replacement old people. lol Bob's been at Rogers City all day and I managed to get in one nap so far. I've sat outside for a bit eating sweet cherries and enjoying the flowers. I found out a tree I thought was one kind, turned out to be a Rose of Sharon and it has a beautiful flower today. They are not easy to grow in this area, so I'm pretty pleased. Wow, PamELa.. that's on expensive ticket!!!! One of the perks of being a Californian, eh? To everyone else.. can't do personals, cause I can't sit here long enough to scroll down and reread. Suffice it to know that I read them all and love all you guys!! Off to exercise and then read some more.

193 days till Violet Baby Barlow arrives!!

54 days until the Violet's Palm Desert Get-Away!!:scared2:

159 days till Violet Baby Lara arrives!!

Good morning, Violets.. Had another good night last night. I'm weaning from the percocet ever so slightly. Sometimes I take the two and sometimes, just one. I have therapy at 1 today so will take 2 just before I leave to help with that pain. I'm walking without the walker around the house and Bob is setting up the bench for me to take a shower today.. wooo hooooo! Sponge baths are ok, but not like the real thing. I see the doc tomorrow and the dressing will come off. Hard to believe it's been almost 2 weeks already! Off to shower and get dressed for the day. Everyone make it a good one!

162 days till Violet Baby Lara arrives!!

57 days until the Violet's Palm Desert Get-Away!!:smile2:

196 days till Violet Baby Barlow arrives!!

Good afternoon, Violets.. Pain pills, exercise, nap... pain pills, exercise, nap. Story of my life these days. Each day is a little better, but life on the couch is not a big thrill these days. Everyone have a great weekend. Mine will be... pain pills, exercise,nap.

I am so glad you didn't say "pregnant girls and old ladies!"

Drive by post.... Outpatient therapy today. One word....... OUCH!

199 days till Violet Baby Barlow arrives!!

60 days until the Violet's Palm Desert Get-Away!!:biggrin:

165 days till Violet Baby Lara arrives!!

Good afternoon, Violets.. I'm sitting up in my chair and Bob says it looks like I'm back to normal with the computer. Hurts to sit the laptop on my knee though. Haydee... do you remember when we went on our cruise and were waiting for the results of Jen's test? Hers was positive and Ethan turned out perfect. There are way tooo many false positives for that particular test. As for the sex.. I think that's a private matter between you and Juan and I would be embarrassed to hear..........oh wait... you mean the sex of the baby. Oh, ok.. nevermind. Off to have some Moo Shoo veggie for lunch. My Iron Chef/waiter just got home. Janie.. I think I would cross White Castle off my list for awhile. ewwwwwwwwwww Though Bob would not agree. They are his absolute favorites. He and son Joshua have been known to devour a crave box between the two of them.

Good afternoon, Violets.. I've had a lazzzzzzzzy day today. Did my morning exercises, then took a nap. Had lunch... 1/2 a flatbread 6" sub... and then took a nap. An all afternoon nap!! Kris has arrived to give me my shot. Bob went golfing for a couple of hours and I slept the whole time he was gone. I missed out on an exercise session because I can't do them myself. But I still have time to get the two more times in yet today. No cmm here, Janie. My doctor doesn't use them. I hope to get some more walking in this afternoon. Walking isn't painful, bending is. Just trying to get a range of motion back. I told the therapist I had to be able to get to California in September and she said no problem. $1 butter burgers for supper tonight. wooo hoooo. The weather is beautiful out. I sure do miss going in the pool and laying in the sun. Hope everyone is having a good day.

168 days till Violet Baby Lara arrives!!

63 days until the Violet's Palm Desert Get-Away!!:tt2:

202 days till Violet Baby Barlow arrives!!

Laura!!! Please don't let that happen again!!! Always take some snacks with you. Had a good therapy session and then came home and had a few spoonfuls of Moo Shoo veggies. Hot dog and veggie straws for supper, but I'm not really hungry. I have some exercises to do at home before I go to outpatient therapy again Thursday and Friday. Therapist said I should be done with the walker and only using a cane within 2 weeks. She was impressed at how well I was doing. I just want to get back in my pool!!! Off to read a little and then have some supper. Everyone have a great evening!!

Good morning, Violets.. Had a good night's sleep last night. I even slept an hour past pain pill time. Got up this morning and had a sponge bath, changed clothes and that did me in. I still have to wash my hair before therapy at noon. I took one pain pill at 10 and will take another at noon so that should get me through the therapy session. It's going to be rough, but I'm so ready to get this knee bending so I can sit in a chair. Still not feeling like eating much and hope the feeling lasts until my fill. Veggie straws are my friend! People have been asking if they can bring over meals and it's hard to explain to them that we really don't need them. My friend on Facebook who is a gourmet cook offered to bring dinner today and I had to say, we just don't eat that much and I still have hot dogs and stroganoff left! So much for gourmet!! the church ladies have been offering too and we just have to say no. The food would definitely go to waste. Well, I better get off here and start flexing my knee. Bob and I did the knee exercises Sat. and Sunday so hopefully that helped. Everyone have a great day. Send some purple power to me around 1 p.m. I should be in a great deal of pain at that time.. OUCH!! Janie.. I don't know what a cpm machine is? If you mean a breathing machine, nope, don't have one. Oh shoot.. just remembered I need to take my blood pressure meds... Off to do that before I totally forget.

Now that sounds yummy! Will have to try adding the dry soup next time. 3 hours and 50 minutes until the next pain pill!! Too early to go to bed, but I'm getting really tired..

Good evening, Violets.. Can't get on here much between naps, exercises, naps, pain pills and naps. That was my day today. Church was packed, I guess. When I'm up to it, I'll tell you about the stupid things some people did. Sooooooooo childish. And that's the legacy that this guy left for this church. It's finally DONE and we work on getting it back to where it was. Bob and Kris went to the Art Fair today and got me a beautiful painted window. We're hanging this one in the house. Kris got me a triple heath bar crunch blizzard and gave it to me just before she gave me my lovenox shot. I think she was bribing me. She's doing a good job. They kinda sting on the left side, but not on the right so we'll be sticking with that side for the final 5 days. I start therapy tomorrow and am ready for it. It doesn't hurt to lay down, stand or walk, but bending is a totally different ball game. Owie, owie, owie!!! My goal is to get strong enough to get back in the pool. Ethan is coming to visit Gramma tomorrow! I miss him! I fixed beef stroganoff for supper. Bob is doing the noodles right now. I hope you realized not to add a can of water to the soup, Michelle. I forgot to mention that!! I used a pound of round steak and a family size can of cream of mushroom soup. All I've had to eat today has been veggie straws, a couple bites of the Blizzard and Nilla wafers when I take my pain pill. Not really interested in big meals. I made the stroganoff basically for the Bobster so he doesn't starve. He's taking really good care of me and is my coach for exercising. Off to read some more of the Karen Carpenter biography and then some more X files and back to bed... or the couch. Everyone have a good evening!!! Love ya!!