Life has it's ups and downs..

Once again, everything was going so well...and then....Bang!!

Just a quick post today: my right knee has been feeling so awesome and normal, that I forget it is only 5 months old. It has come along so much more quickly than the left knee. I attribute that to multiple factors: it wasn't as bad to start with, I knew how to rehab it more effectively, there was no infection of stitches, the other leg is full-strength and supports it well. 

So what did I do? Several possibilities, but the bottom line is I DID TOO MUCH!! So my knee  talked back, and now it is hurting, and I am sitting again. The funny thing is how suddenly it came on: one minute it was fine, and then I placed my foot on a step, and had excruciating pain next to the scar, and couldn't put any weight on it. After a few hours of it getting worse not better, I put in a call to my doctor and saw him the next morning.

Diagnosis: Tendonitis. 
Prognosis: It will heal. 
Treatment: Rest, ice, heat, elevation, wrapping if desired, pain pills if desired. Preventative plan: Stop doing too much!!

Sigh. Well. The good news is that it is not a big deal. It will get better. Now I have an excuse to sit and get more paperwork and maybe a bit of sewing done. Life rolls on. 

More good news: in the 5 months since this knee was repaired, I have finally been able to lose some weight: about a pound a month. That's not a super lot, but the only change has been the extra bits of energy I expend daily because I am moving more all the time. Nice.