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Surgery Follow-Up
Feb. 12th, 2008 11:06 amHad my surgery follow-up visit this morning, and that went well.
I got to read a significant portion of my book in the waiting room because I was dropped off about an hour early (on the way as Phil went into work). I'm really enjoying it--Endgame by Kristine Smith. It's the most recent in a series, but I think it would be a pretty good read even without having read the previous books. I have a mostly foggy recollection of them, and did I mention I'm enjoying it a whole lot? In many ways, it reminds me of C.J. Cherryh's Foreigner series.
The doctor removed the tiny adhesive bandages, tested my range of motion, hemmed and hawed approvingly, and explained where we go from here. I'm approved to shower without having to wrap saran wrap around my knee! Yay! I'm approved to "transition" from crutches to cane to (maybe) walking on my own! Yay! That means I can start being social again without too much hassle, if I feel up to it. I still can't drink as long as I'm on the pain meds, though, which makes bars a bit boring. I'm still not allowed to lift heavy things (like boxes of documents, which I do at work) and I've been told to start doing leg lifts. I cannot do even one unassisted. Boo!
My knee is weird and lumpy looking, but the incisions are mostly healed, the bruising has almost faded, and the swelling is gone from the rest of the leg, if not entirely from the knee itself. Soon I will ponder wearing something other than soft stretchy pants. I might consider going back to work soon, though I really don't want to. I am not yet at the point where I'm clearly procrastinating from the job I hate, but I expect to be there soon.
I got to read a significant portion of my book in the waiting room because I was dropped off about an hour early (on the way as Phil went into work). I'm really enjoying it--Endgame by Kristine Smith. It's the most recent in a series, but I think it would be a pretty good read even without having read the previous books. I have a mostly foggy recollection of them, and did I mention I'm enjoying it a whole lot? In many ways, it reminds me of C.J. Cherryh's Foreigner series.
The doctor removed the tiny adhesive bandages, tested my range of motion, hemmed and hawed approvingly, and explained where we go from here. I'm approved to shower without having to wrap saran wrap around my knee! Yay! I'm approved to "transition" from crutches to cane to (maybe) walking on my own! Yay! That means I can start being social again without too much hassle, if I feel up to it. I still can't drink as long as I'm on the pain meds, though, which makes bars a bit boring. I'm still not allowed to lift heavy things (like boxes of documents, which I do at work) and I've been told to start doing leg lifts. I cannot do even one unassisted. Boo!
My knee is weird and lumpy looking, but the incisions are mostly healed, the bruising has almost faded, and the swelling is gone from the rest of the leg, if not entirely from the knee itself. Soon I will ponder wearing something other than soft stretchy pants. I might consider going back to work soon, though I really don't want to. I am not yet at the point where I'm clearly procrastinating from the job I hate, but I expect to be there soon.