Geek Habitat

I still need to add more meat to this entry, but this is a placeholder for now:

Justin and I flew to Tyler, Texas, today — 4.8 hours in the air (2.4 hours there, due to a headwind; 1.4 hours back to San Antonio, due to a tailwind). I wore my hinged brace for most of the flight, even though yesterday my OS cleared me to stop wearing the brace for normal daily activities like walking on flat, dry surfaces. Aerial photography in a Cessna 172 puts a surprising amount of strain on the left knee (a mixture of twisting and locking at full extension), particularly if you’re shooting from the front seat, so I opted to wear the brace. After 2 hours braced and incapable of straightening the leg out fully (not quite enough leg room), it felt good to take the brace off for a bit. I put the brace back on before we landed, since I’d be carrying my camera gear around the grounds of the Historic Aviation Memorial Museum in Tyler.

More later, including some photographic highlights. We had a great trip, although I wish I was out hiking in this lovely weather. I love hiking the way Justin loves flying — obsessively! I am searching for a flat, peril-free hiking trail near San Antonio that will still let me feel like I’m hiking, rather than exercise walking on a paved trail… which I’ve been doing for 8 weeks now!

I also still need to post info. about my last formal PT session and my 2 month post-op OS checkup, both of which were on Friday. Both went well, I just wanted to document some details.