Two weeks after surgery...

It was a rough week trying to juggle work, physical therapy appointments, other doctor appointments, and fit in 6 hours at home on the knee machine each day.  The knee machine time kinda went by the wayside.  I haven't made 6 hrs since Sunday.  But I seemed to be doing well at PT today, and I was completely comfortable in the knee machine at the highest angle today.  

Boy, will I be glad to see that thing go.  I also read an article on the internet that said those machines are a source of debate as to how effective they are.  After 6 weeks, they tested two groups of people, one who had used the machine and one who hadn't, and they were at the same level.  Said their main value was psychological, that it made the patients feel like they were doing something positive and constructive towards their healing.  

But I told myself not to second guess my doctor.  That was one article; he's had experience with lots of patients and seemed sold on the value of this thing.

I got really tired this week.  Couldn't even make it into work on Friday - pretty much slept the whole morning.  But I'm looking forward to the Pro Bowl tomorrow!  When I'm not having anxiety attacks over how much things are piling up at work...

I drove myself to my PT appointment and back (abt 5 min each way) this morning and it felt fine.  So I plan to start driving to work on Monday, which is abt 15 min each way.  I'm still wearing the brace, but it has a hinge, so I can get pretty comfortable with driving.  I wouldn't want to be caught in heavy traffic yet.  

I still have to walk with the brace locked in the straight leg position, so I'm still "Franken-Eva" when I move around and I'm slow.  I don't have a lot of pain anymore - just a mildly uncomfortable pulling sensation in that knee, as the new ligament continues to stretch.  I'll take the crutch w/ me to the ProBowl tomorrow but more as a way to signal to others that I'm "special" so they can see why I'm moving slowly and don't knock me over...  And maybe other ladies will take pity on me in the restroom line...

Of course, you can never deal with just one thing at a time.  Our electric bills had been steadily climbing and really jumped last month, so we called the electric company, and they came out and told us we had a hot water leak, and our hot water heater was in overdrive trying to heat all this water.  It's taken us almost 2 weeks to get a plumber to deal with it.  One was supposed to show up Thursday afternoon, but called to reschedule for Monday.  So Chris gets to stay home and deal with that...

Our pool pump was also having problems, so we got that replaced (just waiting for the bill....).  That has been wonderful, though, because our new one, besides being energy efficient, is SO much quieter.  We can really enjoy the pool now while the pump is on.  It's soothing to look at the rippling water and we don't have to turn up the TV set over the pump!

We cleaned the house today.  Chris of course, did most of the cleaning, but I cleared out some of my junk that had been piling up on our ample kitchen counters.  It's nice to get back to (almost) normal.  I still hate how much some of the paperwork has piled up, but then I just try to think of some of those TV shows I've watched lately about people with cluttered houses and I try to compare myself to them and feel less stressed over my own mess...

Well, time for more hours in the knee machine!