Rehab Center VS. Home

Day 114-

After having my appointment yesterday and doing some errand running after I was pretty sore today and figured that I better just take it easy.  Not my favorite thing to do, to just lie around and watching TV but I do know that it’s part of the process. Part of the process.. there is a phrase I’m getting over hearing.  Everyone keeps saying that to me as if I don’t know that this is going to take time, as if I don’t know that it was a major surgery.  Grr, things I know people.  Anyways, I was thinking back to after my surgery when I had to option to come home or go to a rehab center.  With coming home I was more comfortable and it’s always good to be home especially since on of my pets died soon after I came home.  So if I had gone to a rehab place chances are I wouldn’t have been here for my little guy and I think that would have been terribly sad for me.  On the other hand, if I had gone to the Rehab place it might have been easier on my family and fiancee since no one would have to be here so much.  Also, it might have been easier for me to sleep those few days since i was having such an awful time sleeping.  Also, I wonder if I would have been further along with PT and healing since I would have had PT twice a day for most of the week.  It’s something I do wonder about if I made the right choice to come home.  I remember how awful being home was on all of us and how hard it was on me but I wonder if not being home would have been even worse as I would have been depressed to not know when I could go home.  If they had said, well just for a week I think I would have gone but they didn’t want to tell me if it’d be a week or a month!  Something to ponder I guess, not that I can do much about it now.

Doctors Appointment

Day 113-

I had a doctors appointment today and it went pretty well.  I did ask him if I could start wearing my heels a lot more and he said that it would be fine as long as I keep in mind that I am technically still healing.  Also, we are watching a spot on my scar that isn’t loosening up but the rest of it is turning white or at least its less red.  That one spot is still pulling and tight and bright red.  However, its been the spot that’s been irritating me since my surgery.  I’m sure it’s nothing but either way, we are keeping an eye on it.  So it’s made for a long day with going out to the appointment and the waiting and all that good stuffs.  Thankfully, it was a good appointment even though it ate up most of my day but I’m used to that.  But, I’m tired now and going to take a nap… later!

I'm The Stair Master

 Day 112-

So the full day of rest yesterday was well worth it.  Yesterday as I laid in bed I was staring at an over flowing laundry bin and it was driving me crazy all day.  So I decided that I would try the stairs and see how I do.  Well, the way down is hard but thankfully I was able to just throw the laundry loads to the bottom of the stairs since I put my stuff in those nylons bags and then I was able to concentrate on walking down the stairs.  Well, it wasn’t much of a surprise to me that going down the stairs was a lot harder then going up.  So, despite it being a bit of a hard go it felt good to finally be able to do my laundry at home or have someone do it for me.  So while I was working on doing my laundry I was also able to get some cleaning done around the place as well.  I keep seeing things that need to be deep cleaned but the cost of having someone come in and do it for me is just out of the question.  I’m hoping that come summer I’ll be feeling better and can maybe start doing the deep cleaning again one room at a time.  But, I’m not thinking about that right now.  Right now, I’m happy with what I can do and don’t want to dwell on what I can’t do.

No Surprises

Day 111-

So what a surprise here people but I was sore as hell today!!  I called into PT since I was that sore.  No one seemed surprised and they said they got a lot of people calling in sore for the weekend as well.  So I put up the leg, turned on the tube and called it a day.  So despite being sore today I do have to admit that it was great being able to get out of the house this weekend and engage in some normal activities.  So not really much to report today so that is that for today!

Party On Crutches!

Day 110-

Today is one of those local, nationality holidays.  And it’s not like a mild mannered holiday it’s a crazy ass try not to fall on it kind of holiday.  So, being of that nationality I had to go out but I was sore from the night before and with so many drunks afoot I made the last minute choice to crutch it.  So we headed out and couldn’t make the parade that was being held today but it would have been such a long walk on crutches that I wasn’t too upset.  We then went to a couple bars but they were small and some had steps that the crutches where a bit of a pain but then once the drunks started to walk into me and almost knock me over I knew that I had made a good call.  Thankfully, at the last place we went to they had tables and we were able to find a good place to sit that was not only out of the way of the crowd but also had a great view of the stage which had some great live music going on.  So, all in all it was a good day and I feel that using the crutches was a good choice even though they get in the way.