34°f, about 1.5°C. Chilly and mostly clear. High of 63f today.
Knee work continues, a little easier every day. I can see progress, not as fast as I would like, but getting there. The PT tech manipulated my kneecap the other day which helped with the nerve pain ("zingers" as I call them). Did you know your kneecap just kinda floats around in there? News to me. By doing a very gentle adjustment, he was able to nearly eradicate one of the pains that was keeping me up at night. The therapist repeated the massage on Friday, so one area is feeling a lot better. Another nighttime irritant is that my whole knee is so sensitive that any cloth touching it is painful. I learned through a little research and YouTube that I can desensitize the area by lightly tapping or slapping it--not on the scar as that has not completely healed, but all around it. I started doing that last evening and can already tell a difference.
The biggest news is that I can finally sleep in the bed! Well, I guess you could call it sleep. I am still waking every hour or so, trying to find a comfortable position. Fortunately Larry sleeps so soundly that he says I do not disturb him. At least this is now mainly discomfort and not actual pain. Giant step!
The bad news is that I apparently caught a fragment of Larry's virus from last week. Mine has been a slight fever, queasy stomach, and just generally feeling lousy. It has pretty much finished its course, thank goodness. I am thankful it was not worse.
I have been getting out and walking a bit (with my cane) and did 3/10ths of a mile today. I will continue to increase the distance slightly each day. It feels good.
All right, enough of all that! What else has been going on here? Not much for me honestly. My pt exercises, feeling bad and being tired pretty much sums up my weekend. Larry on the other hand is busy as can be. He has been getting the fall brushhogging done now that the yellow jackets have left (where do they go, I wonder?), and doing some outside cleanup. Which leaves me alone and bored, but it is what must be right now.
I finished another Maisie Dobbs book (book 5, I think, and it was not a favorite), and also Elizabeth Strout 's latest, Tell Me Everything. This one was fairly short, and featured once again her character Olive Kittinger and several others from her past novels. A fine read.
I have been re-watching the series The Duchess of Duke Street. Do you remember this old BBC series? Larry goes to bed very early these days, but I try to stay up until at least 10 just tobshorten the nightly battle with sleep, so I watch a few episodes of Mrs. Trotter and company every night. The series revolves around a young woman who is determined to be a cook in Victorian England when female chefs were unheard of. Her success leads to the purchase of a hotel and the story weaves in and out among the staff, the times, a bit of royalty here and there, and dilemmas of all kinds. Quality BBC, in my opinion, even if it was made in the 70's. No subtitles, which can make some of the thick accents a challenge.
Meanwhile, Fall keeps falling.
Til next time!
Those trees are absolutely beautiful.
ReplyDeletePretty leaf colours out your way. You and I could go walking like 2 old ladies leaning on our canes. Good to know you're able to sleep in your bed again. I'll try that tapping trick on my foot and see if it helps.
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I wanted to say that yellow jackets apparently all die in Fall, only the fertilized queen survives the winter to start the whole thing all over in Spring. GM
ReplyDelete...keep doing what they tell to do!
ReplyDeleteWhen my rotator cuff hit me, I slept in my chair for many many months. I still sleep there more than in bed most nights although I think I get more bed than chair last night. I do go back and forth between the two. It's hard to tell which one will work best on any given night.
ReplyDeleteAwesome that you are recovering, slowly but surely. that's a good thing. Continue to enjoy the beautiful season of the colours, Sue.
ReplyDeleteI sure grabbed my knee reading. Nice you get better - and yay to bed!!!
ReplyDelete.. where Ingo goes to too early, too. Mrs. Trotter sounds very interesting! And yes, fall is here, too...
Sue, thanks so much for taking the time to come by Marmelade Gypsy. Delighted to see you and hopefully I'll be able to catch up with you soon. I'm delighted to hear you are making progress with the knee -- I know that has to be painful and an adjustment but well done so far. (Knee caps -- who knew?). And I ADORE "Duchess of Duke Street," one of my all-time favorites when it first aired on Masterpiece years ago. I remember reading Rosa Lewis' biography! Such a great series!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful fall pictures. I'm glad you're seeing progress with both the pain and movement of your knee, but understand how frustrating it must be for it not to go faster. However, getting outside has got to help. Good luck with it all.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad the knee is coming along. Three cheers for you and your therapist. I still get a very occasional zing along the outside of my left knee, but nothing on the right. My surgeon, in a follow-up appointment, said that the cut nerves sometimes do that as they try to find the other end to rejoin, but it is not there. Interesting. Omelette and eggs, I guess.
ReplyDeleteIt is leaf removal at our place. But not today, as it snowed last night. Sigh.
A very positive post this! Congrats for bed sleep, and pain relief especially! You remind me that walking is available to me, and I should try it sometime. Joking. I should definitely go out when the weather is nice!
ReplyDeleteThe trees are looking absolutely beautiful. Take it easy now
ReplyDeleteI am glad you are getting some improvement. Sleeping in the bed is a good one! My husband goes back to work, (1/2 days) tomorrow and it will be light duty for him. He has 1 year left before retirement and I think he has enjoyed the "preview" these last four weeks.
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