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This has been a pretty rough week. Why? I have NO idea. Just when I thought things were getting better, and pain was decreasing….BOOM! Leg cramps from hell! A LOT! Like almost nonstop! UGH! Normal? I don’t bleepin’ think so, but hey…what do I know, right? 
So, needless to say, my mood has been a tad ….shall we say…. erratic? Yeah…that’ll work. Much more polite the word that realistically describes things. 
Factor in the lack of sleep, and well, you can see I’m not quite up to snuff. Oh, let’s face it! I’ve been downright bitchy! 
(shaddup Chris)
I’ve been doing the exercises like a good girl, and my range of motion has vastly improved. I even got into the shower yesterday without having to hang on to the Mr. However, getting out was a whole ‘nuther story. Hey…one step at a time, right? I was hoping to have graduated from the walker to a cane by now, but since I’m none too sturdy yet, that’ll have to wait till I get more practice….from bed to bathroom and back is a good practice distance. And there is plenty to hold on to if the need should arise….furniture and walls definitely come in handy.
And, I’m guessing this is the part where the depression starts kicking in. Well, not actually depression depression, but more like frustration? I wonder if this why there are so many depressed elderly people….the isolation. You can’t go anywhere. Family lives too far away, and friends have their own lives to deal with on a dailly basis. sigh… I should be taking care of the Mr, and here he is, having to take care of me. We’re quite a pair, we two. I’m incapacitated physically, and he’s being poisoned every three weeks, which is really taking it out of him. He sleeps a lot, and I don’t sleep much at all. Not to mention, I think I’m starting to scare him with the numerous conversations I have with the cats. They aren’t very good conversationalists though. Blanks stares, or the ‘are you out of your mind’ looks are about all I get out of them. 
My first post surgery doc’s appointment is tomorrow….assuming that I’ll actually SEE him. He evidently couldn’t be bothered to at least talk to the Mr after the surgery, and let him know all went well. Shoot, as far as I know, all they did was cut it open and sew it back up. Ok, industrialized stapled, but you know what I mean. I can’t imagine he’s going to tell me anything I don’t already know. The incision is healing, it’s going to take time…yada yada yada. Yeah…. got it. Thanks.
As for blogging….I really have nothing to say lately. Rather odd for me, but there it is. I’ve watched the news, and get just as annoyed, but what more can be said about current events? Obama and company are still hell bent on destroying the country. The Republicans, with a few exceptions, like Rep West, continue to lose backbone. Too many voters still have reality issues. Seriously? How can I add to that? Folks with common sense aren’t buying into the BS spin they keep spewing. And the ones who actually believe that horse manure? Well, some people are just too stupid to live, yet they continue to procreate and we are saddled with even more really stupid people. Disgusted? Yeah…I’d have to say I am. I love my country. I’m completely revolted by what it has turned into.
friends have their own lives to deal with on a dailly basis
Wellll, you have a world of friends and we are just a keyboard away.
At least the cats don’t interrupt you when you are talking!!!
Docs seem to forget that, after a certain age, we don’t have a lot of time and we want things healed right away!!!!!
We don’t want to waste any of the time that we have left.
God has never mentioned what my ‘due date’/'best if used by date’ happens to be.
I sometimes wonder if it might be better to spend what could be my last days gimped up rather than incapacitated.
Hang tough lady, time will heal, but for now it just sucks.
Hmmm….. I’d say it all depends on how gimped ya are, Gary. Reckon if ya have trouble walking anyway, ya might as well have an obvious reason. Not to mention it’s nice to have people bring ya food.
I think I’m learning to type upside down. 
“Sucks” is a very mild word for it. LOL But I can’t think of one that’s strong enough.
I had my knee replaced also ( in December) and I have really appreciated the “bonesmart” forums.
Maybe you will too.
Ditto about our country. Maybe some real men and women will step up and leave the Union and form an all conservative country. I would move there today. How would all those people on welfare survive? I guess they could live off the Hollywood set that I’m sure would be happy to share with them.
I see that the government is doing to its citizens what it did to the Native Americans. I am convinced that Obama is a Muslim and that his agenda is coming along nicely. He has lots of “useful idiots” to help him.
Oh, and did you notice that when budget cuts are mentioned that Obama immediately goes to cutting social security, the vets benefits and the disabled but never even mentions cutting the Billions we are giving monthly to Muslim countries that want to kill us all?
Well, I hope you recover pain free. I was having those horrible muscle cramps when I had undiagnosed diabetes. It was a nightmare! Mine are gone now that I’m eating right. I pray yours will be gone too!
Thinking and praying about you!
Cheery wave!
Thanks Janlyn, I’ll check it out. Could use some encouragement about now. LOL
Well Lola, it has been their intent to destroy us all along, pretty much said so in the campaign, so I guess we shouldn’t be surprised. What does surprise me is that so many just follow along, oblivious. I just wanna smack someone! grrrrrrrr Pain free would be nice.
Sorry it didn’t would not forward! Cartoon the “Wizard of Id” A lady ask doctor when can she expect her body to start falling apart. Doctor reply was,”Unfortunatey about the same time you finally have enough money to start having fun”.
Was wondering what that was… LOL Lucky for me, I caught the link ‘behind the scenes’. Gonna post it.
I am janlyn48 on the bonesmart forums if you make it over that way. I haven’t posted over there in a couple weeks but the place ways really an encouragement after my surgery. The moderator is a 69 year old retired ortho nurse from the UK who has also had a TKR.
Sorry to be so off topic here but my heart went out to you when I saw your posts (and photos) about you knee replacement.
Thanks. I’d probably get more accurate info from those who have gone through it than my own doc.
Sheesh! LOL
Do you have that “thrown to the wolves” feeling? Join the club. lol
Heh. Sometimes, it’s more like what the wolves left behind.
From personal experience, and now several friends and family, Gatorade, just a small amount – maybe a juice glass, stops leg cramps at night while trying to sleep. At other times, I don’t know, but you might try having some Gatorade during the day as well. Might not help, but…
Y’know…at this point, I’ll try almost anything!
The doc says this is normal, trauma to the muscles and such. Pfft! Why can’t I be abnormal??? 