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[rads02]

Day 6: my crutches and my shoes. It's a week since surgery and this is what I can do. I have constant pain at 5-6, with Vicodin it goes down to 2. The weekend hasn't been good as I started physical therapy on Friday and ran out if Vicodin, and since I don't like pills anyways, I was trying Tylenol out and that was practically useless. Moving the leg and trying some isometric exercises and leg lifts has helped with movements but has increased discomfort and pain. Tricky situation but let's stick to the fact that I now can lift my leg off the bed and place it down ALL BY MYSELF! I can change my own clothes at a slow turtle pace and I even took a shower - with careful planning and moving the leg slowly and not losing my balance ALL BY MYSELF. The munchkin was on guard outside the door, and thank god for the sweethearts compassion and empathy. I can also now scoot down the stairs on my butt using my arms and shoulder strength. It is still a challenge to figure out the best place to rest my leg when flat coz the knee is till bent and no amount if cushioning or placing of cushion down the leg seems to help. Smallest of bending is excruciating and I can't yet completely roll over and sleep on my tummy like I love. That said, long way to go, and I will go. I have to and I will. #project365 #kneesurgery #menisectomy #life #determined #positive #love #iphone #instagram #crutches

[rads02]

Day 2, pain scale of 3-4 with Vicodin. Three incisions and there is some swelling and stiffness as expected. The comfortable place is when am sitting up with knee resting on cushions. To get up is a n adventure. It is a careful planning of physics, balance of the body and mind and the juxtaposition of the crutch with the carpet, my body alignment and the precise timing of the left crutch coming in as my left leg is placed down with minimal angular bending. So much fun. Precisely why going to use the potty is an affair well planned. Parched throat requires water. Water inside must go out. And so on we go. What we take for granted is not simple anymore. The independence and confidence with which we normally do things gets shaken and we start to appreciate our body as a system. Well balanced connected and in harmony. One little clink and te system suffers. Shuffling with the crutch also requires thought. I move faster, the shock waves through the right leg reach the left hip and down. It’s fascinating when you really think bout it. This is for posterity sakes, no pity trips or sad sack behavior is being indulged. In the grand scheme of things, a menisectomy is small fry and nothing to get knotted up (pun intended) :) Day 2. I didn’t step out except for potty trips. New year has started simply. 2014 will be simple. Hopefully the curtain call for all the drama is done with in 2013. Grit and bear. Chalo :-) #posterity #menisectomy #leftknee #adventure #keepcalmandhobbleon