So it's been awhile since I've been able to post anything. I had my knee surgery on October 25 in Golden, BC. We went out on Sunday and stayed in a nice condo at Kicking Horse. It had a hot tub on the deck and was fun. Monday morning we headed into the hospital for my surgery. I had to be there at 9 and my surgery finally happened just before 11. The surgeon insisted I be awake for the surgery which really creeped me out. They totally froze my knee and then gave me lots of drugs to keep me calm but it was still very odd. At the end of the surgery they did have to knock me out. They looked at all my ligaments (which I could see on the tv in the operating room) and they were in decent shape so they had to figure out why my knee was giving me so much trouble. Turns out I have damaged the cartilage under my knee cap and the ligament holding my knee cap in place wasn't doing it's job. So they did some kind of release on that ligament which should keep my kneecap in place better.
I wasn't in too much pain as we were leaving the hospital because my leg was still pretty numb. But once we got back to the condo I was very sore. And the Tylenol 3 gave me such bad stomachaches that it was fairly unpleasant. We spent the night in Golden then headed back to Calgary Tuesday morning. The rest of the week was a blur of painkillers and sitting on the couch.
My first outing was to Market Mall because we read online that they have scooters available to borrow. It was fun cruising around but I was very very tired when we got home. We also had to go to Weight Watchers because it was the end of the month. I am up to 151 pounds but the drugs were making me retain tons of water.
Last week I started physio and it was not fun! My knee is very stiff and does not want to cooperate! But it's slowly getting better. It's still very swollen and I have one tiny knee and one big puffy fat knee! Friday night we went to the Hitman game and the Saddledome is not very accessible! So many stairs and hardly any elevators. I was exhausted when we got home and my knee was very sore yesterday.
This week will go by fast. I have a few physio appointments and on Thursday my mom is leaving and my friend Jay is coming for the weekend. We are going to have so much fun! I am excited for her to come and visit but I won't mind when everyone goes home. I have hardly been alone in almost three weeks!
Monday I am getting back on the weight watching train. I need to get the scale moving in the right direction. Soon I can get back to working out which makes me so happy! I just realized it's been two years since I started WW. I am so glad that I did it. There's been ups and downs (literally!) but it's totally worth it :)
Have a great week!
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