Getting Back To Life

  Well to say it's been an interesting month would really be an understatement for me this new year!  Back on December 30 I had surgery for a brand new knee. Arthritis had eaten away at all of the cartilage in my knee and after trying shots, meds and exercises it was down to needing a brand new knee.
  I really wasn't looking forward to surgery. The last time I had surgery was the C-section of our youngest child almost thirty years ago.  And this time I wouldn't be getting something wonderful out of the deal like a baby!
  My family was amazing through my whole journey of surgery and post surgery.  My husband luckily works at a university and we scheduled the surgery to happen between semesters so he would be home to help pamper, I mean take care of me!!
  But with all that being said, good golly... I never imagined I could be such a baby with pain!  For heaven's sake I've been walking all over the place with no cartilage in my knee for over a year so you think that pain would have tested me to kingdom come and honestly it did. I was taking ibuprophen every day and hot baths at night just to relax.  But now I am still doing those things because the muscles in my knee are still not happy getting used to a new device inside my knee space!
  I can walk easier and stand better than before so that is wonderful, but I have to admit I have had several moments I am embarrassed to say I have broken down and cried because I am tired of hurting post surgery!
  I write this now, but I want to be able to look back in a few months and see how things are better than they are right now. I know they will be...right?  Everyone keeps telling me they will be.
 I want to get out and walk and ride my bicycle, go on hikes with my hubby and play with my grandkids.  In the mean time I am trying to get back to writing.  It has been hard to put sentences together since all this began, but it is a good exercise much like my physical therapy is for my leg, to try to write something, anything for my brain.  So there you go...I completed an article for my blog.   Gosh this hurts!