Knee Update #Six

I’m doing much better today. No more dizziness or passing out. I’m spending the day in my chair instead of sleeping in bed. I can’t wait until this thing comes off my leg. I am counting down the days. not much more to really say about my knee. I can’t get up from my recliner with out help, and I’m on crutches of course.

One of the things they tell you at the outpatient surgery place is not to drive and stuff for 24 hours after you surgery. HELLO? I just had my right leg operated on and at the moment I can’t even bend it. How the hell do they think I am going to drive? It’s been 4 days now, still can’t bend and have enough trouble driving. There must be some really crazy people out there for them inclued those instructions. Hey, I’m related to one of them. Dad went and played golf the weekend ofter he had knee surgery, though his surgery wasn’t near as heavy duty as mine.

I am already getting bored with this. it better be worth it. no more knees popping out.

Knee Update #Five

Yesterday when mom came home from work, she had my new prescription with her. I was all for it after spending all of Monday night itchy and most of Tuesday and Wednesday fuzzy headed and tired from the benidryl.
I will happily take “sleepy, and fuzzy headed,” (maybe even a little itchy) over how i feel now.

This morning after my helped me up I made my way to the bathroom while she went to make me some breakfast. I started to get really dizzy and lightheaded and both mom and dad had to help me back to bed.

I spent the rest of the morning watching a movie on my computer and sleeping. Got dizzy again when I tried to sit up to eat and got really lightheaded on the way back form the bathroom. Fun stuff… Doctor says to take less and wait longer… DUH? I think that the hospital people and my doctor need to learn how to talk to each other. one says to wait until I feel my knee hurt while the other says to take something before it hurts. I think I listen to my Doctor and wait… don’t feel like passing out…

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Now playing: O-ZONE – Mai Ai Hee (Dragostea Din Tei) [Original Romanian Version]
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Knee Update #Four

Either Benidryl effects me kind of strongly or Benidryl and Codeine don’t mix all that well. The Benidryl definitely cut down on the itching. Instead it’s made me a little lightheaded and slightly dizzy. What fun. Mom is getting me a different prescription on her way home from work. Hopefully it will work better. Dizzy and lightheaded is definitely better than pain.

My leg is still somewhat numb, very weird feeling.

Picture: the Ace bandage covering my leg. A week till I get the ace bandage off. What is underneath all this? gauze and bandages. yellow sticky stuff, betadine and some lovely stitches and tape over the stitches.

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Knee Update #Three

Codeine has some weird side effects which I didn’t really experience last time. It says it may cause itching. No, really? I was half awake and itching all over for at least a couple hours last night, and kind of itchy while watching Transformers with my parents. I told my mom about it this morning and sure enough, its the drug. My tummy kind of itches now actually. So, since I itch all over my mom called my doctor to see if there is anything to do about it so now I’m taking Benidryl also. I hope it kicks in soon. I itch. I was planning on typing the other side effects to my lovely drugs but my dad put them out of my reach. Maybe later.

I decided that I need one of those toy clay things, like we used to use to pinch people from far away when we were kids. That way when things are only a little out of my reach I can get them with out calling my parents upstairs.

So, What’s with the picks? The first, if you can see it, is my IV puncture and the little bit of bruise
2nd: my leg all wrapped up. My knee is actually not as big as it looks… I have Ice under there.

Stay tuned, more updates coming soon!

Knee Update #Two

So, at the moment I am still a little groggy. They game me some nerve blocker thing so my right leg is almost entirely numb. which is a good thing ’cause at the moment I’m feeling no pain. I’m also becoming less and less groggy. Yay. Any way, I will post more later.

The Right Knee

My knee… normal and no scars… for now any way. In 9 1/2 hours my doctor will be cutting into it and hopefully fixing it.

You know the worst part about knee surgery, especially since I just had my left knee done 5 months ago? It’s not so much the cutting it open part that bothers me. The pictures of the inside of my knee that I get to see later are even kind of fascinating in a creepy sort of way. The worst part is that the reason I am getting this surgery is to stop my knees from dislocating and at the moment my knee is perfectly fine and doesn’t hurt at all. Starting tomorrow I will be on crutches for about two weeks and my leg will be in a foam brace thing that keeps my from bending it. Not that I’ll feel like bending it cause it will hurt to much, sometimes I wont even be able to lift my leg with out picking it up with my hands, (codeine really is a wonderful drug.)
wouldn’t it be awesome if my doctor could cut into my knee, fix everything that needs fixing and then have my knee be perfect and ready to walk and run and bend afterwards? I wouldn’t mind that at all.

Then after two weeks I get all my stitches out (ewe) and get another brace. This brace will have a hinge that can be set to different degrees or angles. My doctor will set it to 30, which isn’t very much, can’t really even sit down in a chair normally. I will also be starting physical therapy at that time… two and a half months later I will have full range of movement but my knee will still be weak.

Its been a little over 5 months since I did my left knee and I can still tell it is weak. It gets sore going down hill, I can tell that I still favor it slightly when I go down stairs (that wont last much longer.)
When I last saw my doctor I asked him how long it would be till it was normal… he said 6-9 months, months. That means it will be July at the latest before my knee’s are back to normal (minus dislocating?) if it doesn’t take longer with my right since my left is still weak.

Okay… enough depressing thoughts… I am going to got to bed now… more updates to come.

My New Theme Song

I have decided that Kenny Chesney’s “Beer in Mexico” fits my life perfectly at the moment. well, not the beer part, or the Mexico part, but th over all message fits. I just graduated college and I have no idea where my life is going. I haven’t really been able to job search like I want because I have to have knee surgery And so I’ve been waiting for that and since I already know the doctors and physical therapists and stuff in my home town so I’ve had to stick around. So for the past 2 1/2 months I’ve been siting around home because summer camp ended so I have no job and all my friends from home are gone. Any way, here it is:

Starin’ out into the wild blue yonder
So many thoughts to sit and ponder
‘Bout life and love and lack of
And this emptiness in my heart

Too old to be wild and free still
Too young to be over the hill
Should I try to grow up
But who knows where to start

So I just …
Sit right here and have another beer in Mexico
Do my best to waste another day
Sit right here and have another beer in Mexico
Let the warm air melt these blues away

Sun comes up and sun sinks down
And I seen ‘em both in this tourist town
Up for days in a rage
Just tryin’ to search my soul

From the answers and the reasons why
I’m at these crossroads in my life
And I really don’t know
Which way to go

So I just …
Sit right here and have another beer in Mexico
Do my best to waste another day
Sit right here and have another beer in Mexico
Let the warm air melt these blues away

Maybe I’ll settle down, get married
Or stay single and stay free
Which road I travel
Is still a mystery to me

So I’ll just …
Sit right here, have another beer in Mexico
Do my best to waste another day
Sit right here and have another beer in Mexico
Let the warm air melt these blues away

Down in Mexico …

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Now playing: Kenny Chesney – Beer In Mexico
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Halloween Quiz Things

You Could Be a Vampire… If You Had To

Like most people, the thought of being a vampire has crossed your mind. But you’re not sure if you’d do it, even if you could. Living forever doesn’t sound half bad, if you could live forever with the people you love the most. But do vampires even love? And would the vampire version of you even be you? It’s all too much to contemplate. Luckily, the chances of you ever becoming a vampire are astronomically low. What you would like best about being a vampire: Living forever What you would like least about being a vampire: Blood stained teeth

Could You Be a Vampire?

You Are Not Scary

Everyone loves you. Isn’t that sweet?

How Scary Are You?

You Are

A Drunk Pumpkin Face You would make a good pumpkin martini.

What’s Your Pumpkin Face?

Cats, Computer Games and Some Sunsets Too

Lately my room has become my cat Bombadil’s looking at the screen and watching my little paddle playing a game on my computer when Bombadil jumped up o my bed and wandered over to where I was sitting. For a while he was just favorite place to nap. the other night I was thing move around. after a while he decided to get a closer look, and I luckily managed to get a picture and not loose my game either.

This other picture was about a month ago or so… Bombadil wanted some of my frappuccino… or maybe just the whipped cream.

Here are some pictures of the sunset the other night and our treas turning colors.

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Now playing: The Last Goodnight – Pictures of You
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