Cool, I’ve actually forgotten how many weeks I am post-op from the knee surgery. I’ll have to figure it out again soon, and post it here, though. I believe I hit 16 weeks in the last week or so. I was scheduled to see my OS on May 23, but he rescheduled me to June 22nd (earliest date available). So my 3 month post-op checkup has become my 4 month checkup…
I walked 2.6 miles in 35 minutes this morning. During the walk, I had my first wincing pain in many, many weeks. I’d gone through a small setback like this early last week, but I didn’t equate the return of pain and swelling with any specific activity. Today, at least, I know the exact cause and can avoid it in the future. More on that in a moment.
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I feel a disturbance in the Force …
My geek cred is plummeting by the hour, since I have no plans for today to see the final Star Wars movie, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. I did send my envoy, however — Justin will be in a theatre at 2 PM with his crew from work as that familiar music thunders over the auditorium speakers, bringing tears to all but the most battle-hardened of geeks. He’ll be viewing the movie at the same theatre that hosted an overnight line party for the first (midnight) showing of Sith. Star Wars is modern mythology, and the opening of a prequel turns ordinary theatres into geek-sanctified ground — a temple if you will. Of course, this time, it’s a temple of the Sith. A Dark Lord rises to bring ‘balance’ to the Force.
Yesterday, I mentioned our desire for Justin and I to resume a routine of walking together for exercise. Today, we resumed that tradition with a 2.4 mile walk together at Bullis County Park in northeast San Antonio. Despite all my walking these past 12 weeks, Justin has absolutely no trouble keeping pace with me. In fact, due to all the talking we were doing, I had a little trouble keeping up with him at times — I’m not used to talking during my solo exercise walks (though I’m sure that would be entertaining to my fellow exercise walkers on the trails! ;))
I wish I could say this post is my announcement that I’ve finally gotten off my duff and launched a WordPress blog for my mom, but I haven’t gotten there quite yet. I suspect her blog will be far more interesting and well-read than mine, so perhaps I’ve been dragging my heels to stave off the inevitable? Naw, I’ve just been a combination of lazy, distracted and busy. Mom, I love you and still owe you a blog and photo gallery. SOON, I promise!
