Thursday March 26, 2009

I did a lot of yard work yesterday, raking leaves and vines from the daffodil beds and along the front of the house. Knee held out fine, shoulders today (the next day) minimally sore. Yea ! However, I've been having a weird pain today between the bottom of my knee cap (I believe it's the distal end) and the Osgood-Schlatter bump under it. It comes and goes. Left knee is achy. Might be because the weather has been cloudy all morning and now has finally decided to start raining.

Nothing else new to report, although I still wonder if anyone else is reading this besides me!

Monday March 23, 2009

After Friday's awful hamstring pain all that afternoon and evening, I went to bed after taking a Flexeril (a muscle relaxant) which finally loosened the muscle(s) that were so tight. Saturday, I worked again but tried wearing my good Ryka walking shoes instead to see if that helped or at least eased any muscle issues that would come up while I worked. It did the trick as far as the hamstring went but my ankle area still hurt. But it was an improvement.
After a suggestion by someone on the Knee Geeks site, yesterday I returned to my 3 times a day post-partial knee replacement exercises that strengthen the quad and stretch the calf and hamstring. So far I've noticed some improvement, but that might be all in my head. I did the exercises again 3 times a day today and will continue to do so until further notice, unless I can't do all of 3 sessions in one day because of something going on (like work), which probably won't be happening any time soon again unless something shows up on the self-serve menu.

Today we've also decided we'll be going up to Boston/Cambridge to see Andy again on April 18.

Wednesday March 18, 2009

Ouch. Got me a real hip ache. Not a bursitis ache. A regular old hip ache. Last night it was very uncomfortable. I'm going to bed shortly and may take a Darvocet (or may not). Today I had to call the rheumatology office for a refill on a prescription and they called back to say I was supposed to have gone back in January because it was written in my record. But the PA there had told me to come in on an as needed basis. So whomever I spoke to said she'd ask the PA tomorrow about it. I may end up making an appointment anyway, but I'll see. My new knee celebrated its 6th month anniversary yesterday with a drive to West Hartford and back to meet a new cousin and it was fine. No pain!
So we'll see how tonight goes.

Thursday March 12, 2009

I saw Lenita yesterday, a non-practicing physician, who told me she is sure I had a spinal, after looking at my papers. I had an appointment this morning with the hematologist (platelet count was 91,000) and mentioned the spinal for the PKR and he said it was typical hospital behavior! I also asked if I could make my appointments every 6 months to which he replied he'd compromise and see how 4 months between goes. So I don't have to go back until July instead of June.

Tuesday March 10, 2009

I got my operative reports today for my February 2008 meniscus surgery and my partial knee replacement from Sept. 2008. Very interesting. I tried scanning them to make into documents but it didn't work (at least for now). Surprised to see I had a spinal for the PKR considering I told the anesthesiologist before I was knocked out with the sedative that I didn't and shouldn't want one! I'm going to see if I can find a copy of his bill from September and see what it says. If I figure out how to get the papers into Word documents, I'll post them.

Sunday March 8, 2009

With the weather finally nice this weekend, especially yesterday when temps were in the upper 60s, I took a walk around the circle 6 times each day. And what I've discovered is that my new right knee feels perfect while I walk. That alone makes having the partial knee replacement worth it. But what tightens up is my hamstring and my ankle hurts, like it doesn't have much stability. It happened with both walks. My ankle feels like it could crack almost constantly. Not sure what to do, but nothing will work for now.

I listed my Depression glass on Facebook last night and someone tried to scam this morning by offering $3200 in an email asking for my address, cell phone # etcetera, for the $300 price I put on the goods. I've reported it to the FB Marketplace people and hopefully something will happen.

Thursday March 5, 2009

Still waiting for my medical records to arrive. No mail at all yesterday probably because Jonathan parked the black Jeep too near the mail box for the mail truck to pull up close enough. So I am hoping today will be the day.
I am pretty sure I'm not working next week at all. Going to check again later. I am. however, working Friday and Saturday of the following week, having found them on the self-serve stuff of the Macy's site again.
Despite the bash of my knee into the dishwasher door the other day, I didn't get a bruise. Maybe some slight discoloration but definitely not a bruise. I think my platelet count will be lower next week than it's been judging by the number of little bruises I've managed to get. But I could be wrong. A week from today I have an appointment with the hematologist and I guess I'll find out. New knee is still doing well for the most part. Only at night do I get some pain for some reason along the side of the Oxford implant, but nothing terrible. Yea!