Susan Mené

This is very appealing to the eye and grabbed my attention.  It made me want to come back for more. I am biased, since this type of thing is up my alley, but it commands me to " read more now"  not "save it for someday". I agree that addressing odor levels ( or lack of them) should be mentioned.  If you talk sh*t, you gotta talk about the odor.

Robert Ray wrote:Went to do book work yesterday for an hour or two. Muscle spasms are giving me the most trouble. Have been able to manage pain with Tylenol and staying away from the oxy. Using the walker but take the cane to pull my leg in the car. The methocarbomol for spasms makes me feel like a few beers under the belt. I did drive but no oxy or methocarbomol until I got back home. Pain wise this time around overall pain is not as intense, but the zap of muscle spasms is more prevalent. Significant swelling, but coming down. Working the toes up and down no problem, rotating the ankle hurts a bit more. Knee sliding is an issue and will be for a few more days I think. Muscle pain only and the bag of rocks knee noise is gone. Not ready for driving with a clutch. Feels like a perfect dead on kick to the thigh during a sparring session.

    Yesterday was a morning "whiny" moment;  I allow myself a moment now and then, and it blows right through.  The muscle spasms!!! "Dead on kick to the thigh" is such a perfect description, and is one of the pains that makes me laugh and holler "Are you kidding me???" as it hits. I didn't have the "bag of rocks" feeling, but many do.  
     I agree with moving!  Get up walk, move, PT exercises, ice, rest repeat.  I have to admit that despite my complaining yesterday, I am doing great.  I got up this morning and had to go look for my walker; apparently waddled to bed without it last night.
Overall, my pain ran from intense (but not out of control) to "meh", I think the ever-present nature of it, like someone poking me constantly,  wore me down yesterday.  I cannot emphasize enough what ice has done for me.  I swear nothing works better.  
  My martial arts testimonial/confessional:  I started training as an adult, I was not into it for ego, but just for me.  I am not dyslexic but have difficulty with right/left perception, I was not a natural, and it took a village to train me.  
    Some of my training family got together recently to celebrate milestone birthday, and as we laughed and reminisced, my sensei became dead serious and said, "You may have been the most talented, but you were the most persistent student I ever trained. "
     You're my knee replacement sensei! It's So helpful to hear from someone who has gone through/is going through this!!
     

Robert Ray wrote:I did! Unfortunately technical delays pushed the surgery from 9 am till 3:30 so by the time it was over It was late, so even though I was ready to go home they kept me overnight.

      I was afraid of a long delay happening, though staying overnight wouldn't have been terrible.
      Injured wife, broken pipe, and surgery all around the same time.  Life has a way of smacking us around sometimes!  I hope you are past the toughest day. When the block wears off and the adrenaline drops, it's tough one, but you know that.
    Finally realizing this recovery will be a marathon, not a sprint.  The pain has not been too intense, but it is relentless.  It rears it's head in a new way every day.  This morning I am a bit tearful, wishing for just 5 minutes without pain.  

    When I read "meat pie" my thoughts went immediately to shepherd's pie (recipe, anyone?), rather than a hand pie. I'm now hungry for a meat pie (either).  
    Hand-held meat pies are so brilliant.  Once made, they are a great "fast food" to keep in the fridge. I'm thinking that a good old-fashioned hand-held meat pie would still be a great meal for my husband's lunchbox.  It is also a great place to disguise vegetables; my adult son is neurodiverse and has trouble with texture sometimes.  He's on a quest to eat more vegetables and cabbage, carrots, and celery will easily blend into these. We'll be cooking these today!
   

Robert Ray wrote:They gave me my appointment date today, Sept 14th. I am so ready, probably no skiing this year but it looks like the forecast isn't projecting much snow anyway.

Robert Ray!!!
Did you have your surgery yesterday as planned?  Are you doing okay?

    Thanks everyone for the concern about the fall.  Fortunately, it was a controlled, thought-out, slow-motion fall 😂.  As soon as I realized I had entered the "uh-oh" zone I straightened the surgery leg and slid it out in front of me and remembered not to FOOSH (Fall On Outstretched Hand) which is really bad to do.  Walker is in constant use.  I have in home exercises to do for the first two weeks and am sticking to it.  Ice, lots of ice.
    Going to write a few letters (yes, real letters).  What will all this teach me?

And I swore I wasn't going to do anything stupid!  I wasn't thinking, and that one unguarded moment!  Very glad I didn't pay dearly for it!

    WHOA!  Yesterday was the dreaded "adrenaline wears off" day. Much more pain, more "sentence enhancers" and some tears, especially when I decided it was a great idea to change my underwear by myself while standing in the middle of the room and taking both hands off the walker. It was a controlled fall, no damage except irritating every muscle in the operated-on leg even more.   Not sure what I was thinking, hahaha.
   
   

Tereza Okava. I thinkk some depression is bound to come.  I have to remember this is a marathon, not a sprint.  Tomorrow is day three, I think you might now that day three after big surgery is usually a rough one.  Adrenaline will bottom out for sure.

I have a new knee!  Home the same day!  
I wish I could post a recording of me walking with the walker yesterday.  Definitely added some new terms to my list of weird (non) curse words while half laughing/half crying https://permies.com/t/373207/frustration-kicks-HARD