Countdown to knee number two: 10 days to go

Here we go again! The same as last time, I am eager, excited, and a little unsure. Eager and excited because it means the pain goes away, and my leg can become as strong and solid as the other one. Unsure, because naturally, as soon as the decision was made it stopped hurting as much! Forntuately, it hurts just often enough to remind me that yes, it is a good decision. Also, it has given away more than once, and it's my driving leg. So repair is necessary for the safety of others when I drive.

My preparations are moving forward:

• There are sewing projects ready to go, with all the supplies (thread, needles, etc) in a lttle box in the living room where I will spend my days. 
• I have a small box with gauze, band aids, povidone-iodine and pain pills tucked under the end table by the couch--ready for the daily bandaid change.
• I set up an electric tea kettle which will make it possible to brew a cup of tea, or make a cup of coffee without having to carry it from the kitchen. I am going to leave the fixings in the kitchen, because it is good to get up and move about. (For the first few days, I will be using crutches, so carrying hot water would be a bad thing.)
• I have moved my computer downstairs to a table in the dining room. Last time I found sitting at my desk very exhausting, because I could not prop my leg up. I think I remember it was that way for 2-3 weeks before.
• I have a box where I am collecting the things that will go into a bag for my husband to bring to me after my surgery is done and I am settled in my hospital room.

It seems there should be more, but that where it is at the moment.

Onward I go!!!