But sweet Jesus it felt good. And I'm feeling pretty good in general. Every day I feel a little stronger and like I have a little bit more energy. I'm starting to feel like myself again, and am only now realizing how out of it and somewhat depressed I was this whole time.
I have my focus back, which I didn't totally realize was gone. During the lengthening, I couldn't even focus enough to watch TV. Now I'm starting to go through the stacks of DVDs I collected for my recovery.
We just finished watching The Office (American version) seasons 1&2, which were awesome. I don't think there's a bad episode in the bunch. Neither Casino Royale nor Little Children lived up to the hype for me, but I thought both were solid. And my guilty pleasure confession is that we've been watching reruns of The O.C. on SoapNet. Maybe one day soon I'll even pick up a book!
I'm starting to feel like my daily experience is now what I envisioned it would be when I signed up for this surgery. I'm tired all the time, my leg is sore, physical therapy is hard, living with the fixator is uncomfortable, but it's all managable. I'm still needing 10-11 hours of sleep a night, but I'm getting through the days okay.
My parents just booked a 7-day, western Caribbean family cruise for all of us for next April. The last family cruise we went on was two years ago, and my back pain was so bad that I couldn't do a lot of things I wanted to do. Just knowing that I'll be back pain free for this one makes this whole thing already seem worthwhile.
Oh, and I got a care package from Sheila yesterday... thanks Shix!
2 comments:
yay allison! I was trying to think of a great Kenneth Branaugh's Frankenstein reference, but all I can remember is "Geneeeeva."
you walking, care packages arriving, interns copying...life is sweet.
I wonder if the folks at Dunder Miflin printed the letterhead for the Hospital for Joint Diseases and Orthopaedic Intitute.... just a thought...
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