Sept. 7th, 2010 (Day 5)

Well it is day 5 and I am feeling pretty darn good. I did not have to take a pain pill until about 2pm today and was really excited. I have been up and walking around connecting with some incredible people. We are setting up Sweat'n with the Wildcats.... We are going to offer a complimentary class before tailgate begins at the U of A Football Games. This is going to be a great way to get out and sweat with some of my favorite people.
It has been a bit hard to be on the side lines while I watch everyone else sweat it out. It has totally made me appreciate and love the all that I am able to do when I am healthy. It is going to be a long hard road and I know that I have just started that journey, but I cannot help but see the sunshine on tomorrow. Today I have felt more pain then I have since I had the surgery, but I am also trying not to take the pain meds. Today I have only taken one and I am ecstatic about it. We will see when I start re-hab how that will go over.
Tomorrow I am going to the doctor for a follow-up visit and to hopefully get my stitches out. I am hoping that all the at home rehabilitation and taking it easy has helped to get me on the road to recovery even quicker. I will fill you all in tomorrow once I know what the dealio is.

2 Days Later

I am on day 2 after and things are moving pretty well. I am definitely feeling more of the pain today then I did yesterday. I had a block put in the day of surgery that numbed my leg from the hip down. It was fabulous the first night because I could not feel a thing, other then a little pressure. I woke up yesterday feeling great. My leg did not really hurt and I could not feel anything yet because the block was still running strong. Towards the afternoon I began to feel more then pressure... It began to hurt a little more. I tried taking just one pain pill instead two, but an hour later I needed to take another one. I have been trying not to take them, but I really do not want to have the pain when I am doing my leg raises and ankle pumps. Honestly I never thought that lifting my leg could hurt so much in my life. My hip joint and back are making up the difference that my leg has not been able to take on for the last 3 months. I know that this is the beginning to to my knee getting better, but it is going to be a painful road and it has just begun. Until tomorrow I will be signing off. If you have anything advice and/or criticism please share.

Today is the day... September 2nd

So today is the day that my knee is getting fixed. I did have a little anxiety last night just knowing that today is the day and that I would be going under. The doctors are going to kick booty today and I am going to come out super woman. Just keep positive thoughts in mind remind myself that this is the first day of a new start. Her we go....