Pictures

I finally had my sister take some pictures of my knees.

4 weeks

It's about four weeks to my surgery now. Getting a little scarier to think about it, because I really have to plan for it now. I emailed my principal yesterday because my days off request hadn't been approved yet. I'm also sorting out who will be around to help me that first week. My husband has the day off for the surgery to take me and help me out. Then hopefully my mom will be able to come up the next day to help. After that--I don't know if I will need or get help. My sister is still living with us right now, but her new job is during the day. So I will be home alone with two crazy dogs a lot. I don't even know where to begin planning for when I go back to work. My classroom is on the first floor of the school building, on the opposite end of where my students' rooms are. Plus, their classrooms are on the 2nd floor. Thankfully there is an elevator, but I will have to procure the elevator key each morning and give it back each day before I leave. Right now I pull small groups into the hallway to work and many times we sit on the floor. That will not be a possibility for me in April...so I have to figure something out for that.

As for knee pain...it is definitely increasing. This week was the first week that I've really needed pain pills daily, and they do not last me all day. I could not go to my favorite gym class on Wednesday night because of knee pain, and had to push myself to go for the rest of the week. I want to strengthen as much as I can in the next month to hopefully make my recovery a lot easier.

6 weeks...

Yesterday marked 6 weeks until my knee surgery. Eek! I don't really want to think about how close it is. My legs are really sore lately, so I know I need the surgery, but it's still scary. I've been keeping up with my exercise and working hard at building my muscles up. I've also been sticking by my diet and have lost about 8 pounds so far.