I am updating a lot because there really isn't anything else to do
It is times like this I wish I watched more TV!
If you guys are online, please take the time to chat with me. While I am drifting in an out of consciousness, there is very little to do when awake besides think about the pain, and my parents are generally out so I've been spending a lot of time alone and nowhere near my movies or remotes. So it gets pretty lonely :)
The pain is coming and going. When it is here, it is really, really bad and I cry a lot. I can feel the stitches in my knee. Sometimes there is this burning sensation around them. My muscles have been spasming on and off, and sometimes a really sharp shock runs through my leg. We've been trying to get it elevated to the right level but it's pretty tough.
I can sometimes feel my heart beat through my knee. Last night said heart did something funky after taking percoset, but only once. I was a little freaked out because I have the mild heart arrhthmia but it seems to have stopped. And my throat is still pretty sore because of them having a breathing tube in it from surgery.
Both a nurse from the hospital and my surgeon called me earlier when I was a little more drugged up. They were very thoughtful, doing followups to make sure I wasn't in a lot of pain. Actually, the nurse seemed more obligatory, and my surgeon seemed more genuinely curious as to how I was doing. Talking aloud is pretty tough, though. It's a lot harder to form coherant words and thoughts out loud than when typing. I guess that means I have an internet addiction! My mom says she likes my surgeon too. He is a wonderful guy. If anyone wants knee surgery, go to Dr Steinberg. He and his staff have been incredible, and I'm pretty sure this is the best surgical experience I could ever have had. Even the nurses and their needles weren't overly bad and I am easily traumatized by being stabbed. You know.
Tomorrow my grandmother visits. I feel pretty bad about it because I know I'll be in and out of consciousness and probably not terribly entertained otherwise. But I am sorry I have not called her lately. I am such a jerk of a grandchild!
I'm going to send out another thank you, and include Beth, Scott, Gary, Steve, Matt, Amy, Pete, Heather, Dr. Capo, Caitlin, the Sis, Xiafang, Meghan, Charlotte, my cousin Colleen, Ryan, Emily, everyone I've already mentioned, and anyone I have callously and drugged-uppidly forgotten for being so kind and supportive :). Truly I am the luckiest girl ever! I will have to make as many people cookies as possible. Yes, that's pretty much how I thank people.
If you guys are online, please take the time to chat with me. While I am drifting in an out of consciousness, there is very little to do when awake besides think about the pain, and my parents are generally out so I've been spending a lot of time alone and nowhere near my movies or remotes. So it gets pretty lonely :)
The pain is coming and going. When it is here, it is really, really bad and I cry a lot. I can feel the stitches in my knee. Sometimes there is this burning sensation around them. My muscles have been spasming on and off, and sometimes a really sharp shock runs through my leg. We've been trying to get it elevated to the right level but it's pretty tough.
I can sometimes feel my heart beat through my knee. Last night said heart did something funky after taking percoset, but only once. I was a little freaked out because I have the mild heart arrhthmia but it seems to have stopped. And my throat is still pretty sore because of them having a breathing tube in it from surgery.
Both a nurse from the hospital and my surgeon called me earlier when I was a little more drugged up. They were very thoughtful, doing followups to make sure I wasn't in a lot of pain. Actually, the nurse seemed more obligatory, and my surgeon seemed more genuinely curious as to how I was doing. Talking aloud is pretty tough, though. It's a lot harder to form coherant words and thoughts out loud than when typing. I guess that means I have an internet addiction! My mom says she likes my surgeon too. He is a wonderful guy. If anyone wants knee surgery, go to Dr Steinberg. He and his staff have been incredible, and I'm pretty sure this is the best surgical experience I could ever have had. Even the nurses and their needles weren't overly bad and I am easily traumatized by being stabbed. You know.
Tomorrow my grandmother visits. I feel pretty bad about it because I know I'll be in and out of consciousness and probably not terribly entertained otherwise. But I am sorry I have not called her lately. I am such a jerk of a grandchild!
I'm going to send out another thank you, and include Beth, Scott, Gary, Steve, Matt, Amy, Pete, Heather, Dr. Capo, Caitlin, the Sis, Xiafang, Meghan, Charlotte, my cousin Colleen, Ryan, Emily, everyone I've already mentioned, and anyone I have callously and drugged-uppidly forgotten for being so kind and supportive :). Truly I am the luckiest girl ever! I will have to make as many people cookies as possible. Yes, that's pretty much how I thank people.