Days 4-7

Day 4, Tuesday-Okay day 4 was a sleep all day kind of day. I woke up to run to the store for Valentines cards for my son, and then back home to watch American Idol and House. Then it was back to bed. Not much to report because I was just too wiped out to do much.

Day 5, Wed.-Took a shower, went to eat lunch with my husband and daughter (who was still home sick from school) and then off to my first day of physical therapy. I thought that I was doing so great with my knee....haha..until I got there and they wanted me to do straight leg lifts. That is where you lay on your back with your one knee bent and the other leg strait out. You lift the strait one up about a foot off the mat and then lower it slowly. My brain was telling my leg to lift...but nothing would happen. I did PT for an hour and then went home. I wasn't sore right after, but that evening I started to get more sore and by that night I was miserable. I couldn't sleep because my legs were killing me. I did finally fall asleep after some pain medicine, but I still tossed and turned all night.

Day 6, Thurs.-Showered and off to a Dr's appointment. This was to see my spine doc/pn management. I was already having leg and foot pain just from the walking from the parking garage to their office. She did strength tests on my hands and arms, and legs and feet. I had to move my neck around a bit too. Nothing real strenuous. I am going to have more injections in my neck done and I am getting a new TENS unit. On the drive home I started getting so sleepy that I was afraid I would fall asleep driving. I went home and was asleep by 2pm. Slept until 7 when I had to get up and fix some dinner. I was just feeling so worn out, and to top it off I was still a little sick with the cold that I picked up from my kids...and the mouth ulcer that has been lingering around for a whole week now. Sleep sleep sleep. I felt the soreness in my hands and arms and feet from the exam. That happens a lot...I can go in to see the doc and they poke and push and pull and I am okay...but that triggers it all and then I feel rotten after I get home. Kind of backwards...

Day 7, Fri.-Today was up and a shower and out the door to PT again. I was more achy today...and PT was harder. I had one quick errand to run and then drove to my husbands work to bring him some cold medicine. Yes...I am feeling better in that regard...but now my husband is coming down with the congestion and cough...urgh...fortunatly my kids are doing much better. I came home to pick up kids and have a late lunch...then off again to return movies and get groceries. Not a lot..just a few things. I rode in the little electric cart and let the bag boy carry out and load my stuff in the car. My knees thanked me. They are both hurting and my hands are sore and stiff too. My kids unloaded the groceries. I did'nt do a big meal tonight. I reheated leftovers and then, well, here I am... laying in bed with the heating blanket and my laptop.

So I have concluded that in a lot of ways this week was not an ordinary week because I had sick kids to deal with and I was starting PT and I was feeling under the weather. But then on second thought...the truth is that my life is always like this. I always have something going on. And while I do more than a person who is very ill and I don't stay in bed and have things done for me all the time...I have to deal with a lot of pain from the least amount of activity, and it doesn't take much to wear me out. I think I want to do this again in about 2 weeks when we aren't all sick and I am not so fresh out of surgery. I would like to see how things compare.

I wanted to see if I was underestimating what I could do on a daily basis...and I know I should have posted each day. But I think this was pretty accurate. I didn't have much to remember anyways.

Hope I haven't bored anyone to tears...I would like to hear any feed back if anyone has any.