Good news, bad news

Good news: I've been released by my physical therapist to only use the cane. I'm off the walker both inside and outside, unless I'm in a busy environment where I feel I need it to keep from being trampled. Bad news: I got on one of those boards where you slide and do leg presses today at physical therapy. The mount/dismount is somewhat tricky, and I wasn't quite ready for it, because I pulled a part of my quadriceps muscle up on the upper part of my right (operant) thigh, and it really hurt. My therapist did massage it, and it helped quite a bit, but I'm limping a bit, and it hurts to stand up. It's almost exactly the spot I hurt on my left leg earlier this month when I stood up from the dinner table. My quads are always weak, but especially now, after surgery, and they're just not cooperating with me, even though we've worked a lot on strengthening both. But this, too, shall pass, I'm sure.

In the meantime, I've already transferred all the basic items I had in my walker bag (things like my handicapped placard, lip balm, house keys, and a small planner) to my smaller sling backpack. Time to put the walker away for now. Yay!

Here we go...

Had my pre-op this morning, was on the phone multiple times, e-mailed with my PT, now have my post-op PT appointment scheduled, I think we're set. Oh, and something told me not to take my Mounjaro yesterday morning, so I'm set with that, too. Still doing the observation stay, the InfuBLOCK nerve catheter, everything's the same, so...also, apparently G2 was discontinued, which is why it was hard to find, so I'll just go with the Gatorade we have here, like I wound up doing before. At least I know what to expect this time and will hopefully be more relaxed and less anxious, and maybe even get some sleep in the days prior to the surgery, unlike before. The friends involved before were ready to give me the boot, almost, I think.

Anyway, I'm kind of looking forward to this. I'm hoping it goes as well, and soon I'll feel better than I have in years as far as my knees go. I saw my X-rays yesterday, and I have space between the ends of my long bones in my legs for the first time in years. It's amazing what a difference that makes. They had to put a button on the back of my patella where it was grooved from wear. I was in such bad shape. Hopefully, the right side won't be so bad, but it's pretty close,