Today is officially one week post what was (hopefully) my last repair surgery. This surgery proved to be a bit more painful at first, but by today is feeling far better. I had to go in to the office on Wednesday, and it ended up being a longer day than planned, and my leg was NOT happy by the time I was home and finally able to relax. Likely I will have to go in today for a bit as well, but it's going to only be for the time I NEED to be there. Thankfully, my boss is pretty supportive of me telecommuting and taking my time to heal - unlike the gal on the client side who seemed to think that, regardless of when surgeries were, one month was all the time I needed before I was in the office "regularly." My boss, however, is far more understanding and supportive, and is fine with me only going in when I need to - and since said client-gal is 100% remote, as far as he's concerned, she doesn't need to know and it's none of her business. Yay for good bosses - but he might just be happy that I'm not using disability, because yes, that would make all of their lives far more complicated.
Other than that, the pain is subsiding, still on meds, but closer to minimum, rather than maximum dosages. I'm still going stir crazy in the house, but trying to plan some social activities each week, even if it's as simple as getting lunch with someone - anything to have someone else to talk to in person besides the cats!
On the other hand, my impatience is rearing up again. I'm sick of sitting, and wondering how much I can begin to do a little more. It's been a week, and I'm going nuts. I just want to see some measurable progress, rather than STILL just sitting here with my leg propped up! At least without the x-brace I can wear clothes again, even including some of my jeans! Yay!
Another silver lining has been the weight loss. For the first time nearly 6 years, I'm less than 10 pounds from my "happy" weight. By happy weight, I mean my goal weight that my body (historically) was happy at. Ideally I'd like to be a few pounds below that, but my body wasn't happy there, so yes, my happy weight.
It's still difficult to do a lot of day-to-day things, and navigating the world is still really difficult. I've been skipping a lot of events because the thought of having to try to navigate the world on crutches is just - disheartening. I've yet to step foot in a grocery store thanks to friends and grocery delivery. Part of me wants to get a little more active. Most of me is wondering how to accomplish that (besides house cleaning LOL), especially since I live alone, not like I could go for a short walk with someone "just in case." I'm in the process of looking into the iWalk device, which I think will make walking life a lot easier, but I need to be sure it will be practical for my day to day use (which involves a lot of moving from sitting to standing). If I need to carry crutches with me everywhere it would kind of defeat the purpose....
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