Today's Grab Bag of Thoughts

Last night I had two different machines delivered to that house.  One that moves my leg for me and one the ices it.  I use the movement machine 6-8 hours a day for 2 hours at a time.  They pain is minimal with the machine but oh my goodness when I try to stand up and the blood rushes back into my leg from being elevated! Ouch!   I took the bandage off today: I have an autograph, 6 holes and I think 12 stitches.  Not too much bruising.  :-) all in all it doesn't look too bad. Pain level is from 4-8 depending on what I am doing, but I can put pressue on it and my walking isn't to bad.  Time to "work out"

I haven't posted much about my injury from July, but I tore my ACL 75% and it was reported that I tore my meniscus and bad sprains to the rest of the ligaments or tendons.  For the last 4 months I have been hobbling around the house, work and just life.  I have had dramatic to very light pain.  I've gone to therapy and cried.  I think it was the worst pain I had ever been through.  But yesterday 11/4/14 I under went ACL reconstruction.   Got to the hospital at 5:30 am for checkin and prep.  They asked me tons of questions while I laid there in the gown under a new type of heating blanket.  They asked my at least 10 times who I was and what I was there for. Though it was a be annoying I was very comforted by this.  The nurse got my IV in on the first try and that made us both happy.  All of the nurses and doctors were very great.   The angstostliast freaked me out a bit but I am so glad he took his time finding what he was looking for.  They said his nerve blocker would last fro