milestone: back to folk dance class!
I cannot express how bored I am getting. This is dumb because nobody's keeping me inside. Anyway, tonight I went to folk dance class for the first time since surgery. Six weeks! I'm not really ready to dance properly, but it was really nice to just be in that place with those people, and to do some kind of dance approximations.
Mostly I sat in a chair and tapped my feet. Sometimes I replicated the dance moves more or less to a highly truncated degree while sitting, and sometimes I just tapped my toes, and sometimes I did my flexion and extension exercises while I watched. A few times I got up and followed along in back of the line because I can't really move fast enough to keep up with most dances. Two dances were sedate enough, just walking really, that I could join the circle and that was terrific.
To accomplish this I spent the afternoon elevating and icing my leg and guess what I'm doing now? That's right, icing and elevating. And wearing compression stockings.
There was one dance I was not really familiar with but it was so attractive that I could not resist exclaiming "That's what I got surgery for! Six months, and I'll be doing that one!" I don't know if I will be, really, but it was pretty exciting to watch people doing it.
And I really love my folk dance folks. It was really nice to see tham and watch them dance and hear them talk.
On a related front, did I tell you I have my second surgery date? September 23. I'm just about halfway between surgeries right now.
And I bought a step stool to use to get onto my bike when it is on the trainer. And noticed how weak my legs are, that stepping on to the step stool is a challenge. That's going to change.
Mostly I sat in a chair and tapped my feet. Sometimes I replicated the dance moves more or less to a highly truncated degree while sitting, and sometimes I just tapped my toes, and sometimes I did my flexion and extension exercises while I watched. A few times I got up and followed along in back of the line because I can't really move fast enough to keep up with most dances. Two dances were sedate enough, just walking really, that I could join the circle and that was terrific.
To accomplish this I spent the afternoon elevating and icing my leg and guess what I'm doing now? That's right, icing and elevating. And wearing compression stockings.
There was one dance I was not really familiar with but it was so attractive that I could not resist exclaiming "That's what I got surgery for! Six months, and I'll be doing that one!" I don't know if I will be, really, but it was pretty exciting to watch people doing it.
And I really love my folk dance folks. It was really nice to see tham and watch them dance and hear them talk.
On a related front, did I tell you I have my second surgery date? September 23. I'm just about halfway between surgeries right now.
And I bought a step stool to use to get onto my bike when it is on the trainer. And noticed how weak my legs are, that stepping on to the step stool is a challenge. That's going to change.