August 13, 2011

Only three days before my next surgery!
A mix of impatience and anxiety makes me unfocused and I don't like it at all.
I woke up with some pain in my left leg, not the knee but the side of the leg, almost a sciatic pain that kept my leg stiff.
It took more than half an hour of biking and another half an hour of leg exercises to release most of the pressure.
I hope to feel much better in a week from now. I have so much things to do now that school has almost started. Besides I have several writing projects that I want to polish for the fall. I joined my writing group again after weeks of solitary work.
I can't let a knee rule my life. I decided last night that I will trust the surgeon once more but that I will seek a second opinion if the result of the arthroscopy is not optimal.
But being by nature optimistic, I hope for the best.
Tomorrow morning I will walk a mile and a half loop long with my hiking buddy. I miss our weekly long hikes and of course our day-long expeditions in Yosemite. I cannot wait to stand at the top of Clouds Rest. Any other top as a matter of fact will do.
The hospital called me yesterday to double check my information with them. A nurse gave me the typical hospital recommendations for surgery such as no perfume, no nail polish, no face moisturizer, no jewelry, and of course no food or liquid after midnight the day before. I don't know yet when I am scheduled and the surgeon office will call me on Monday to give me the appointment.
I dropped my prescription at the pharmacy and will pick up my medication on Monday.
Meanwhile I try to keep myself busy and that isn't too hard. Three of my four kids are home now and I will take them to the water park tomorrow afternoon. Although I won't play in the water, it will be great to see them have fun as when they were little kids. It is also my husband's birthday soon and he deserves a great gift for all the help he has provided during the last months. The kids are planning to shop before the water park and I am looking forward to spending time with them. Shopping is not bad since we will walk through the mall and in the stores.
Walking is good for me as long as I don't do any downhill which is the most discomfortable thing for me now.
I used to gallop down from the top of Half Dome. But that was in another life.