POST OP day 8

Ding dong the drainage stopped!  my oozing incision is no longer and it is great excitement for me.  there's still some numbness and tingling on my LLE but is subsiding qday.  I was told that was to be expected the first couple days post op anyways.  Now if only the nubbin knee nodule will go away, then i can feel more comfortable doing my exercises.  At first i was nervous to do movements in fear that the wound would open up and ooze stuff.  but i woke up this morning realizing the little gauze i placed over it was not where I put it.  i looked down anticipated major drainage damage but there was nada!  the past couple of nights i've slept with the big robobrace off, just an ace bandage or that long ted hose.  i'm still getting horrible sleep.  right now watching actual music vids on MTV, it's a britney special.  I could not take my eyes off the tv when they showed her slave for you performance on the VMAs.  I remember memorizing that dance with Katie our senior year at Loyola.  What happened to that britney?  She had knee surgery too, I think it was around the time of her 2nd album.  i meeeeean, i don't own that album!  Now they're showing songs post shaving of her head.  Plan for the day- I will be changing the steristrips on my incision so it's looks fresh and so clean clean.  Would like to attempt to make it up to my buidling gym to stationary bike.

my bedside table- top drawer is medical business.  bottom drawer is candy

(fast forward to later afternoon) Never made it to the fitness room bc by the time i finished my exercises, the complete 2nd season of Laguna Beach, and 1hr of CPM it was already rush hour up there.  I certainly didn't wanna hold up someone's workout time on the bike just so i could do some pendulums.  so I chilled in 809 and ate dinner with mom (btw, 809 is my unit #).   


Later that night Shar and Lis (my Chinese cheesters) came bearing a buttload of food, so we ate some more!  Of course my mom brought up samosas to Lis.  After the combination of filipino food and cosi catering, we sat in food coma while watching jersey shore.  

us with the buttload of food

After the girls left, I had another bought of pain, again to the point of tears.  Figured out that the days of no PT is when i feel this pain where i can't even put weight on my leg and start to feel light headed.  I was running low on the pain meds, really try to conserve them for my PT sessions.  I guess i've been good about not taking them, but i can't believe i've already finished a whole bottle!  anyhoo, will go to bed with leg in CPM, 110 degrees.