things and knees and things
Oct. 14th, 2012 04:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lillian13So, I go back to work tomorrow after my 4 weeks off for my knee replacement. It will be interesting getting up at a set time and driving to work again. If history repeats I'll spend most if not all of my first couple of days digging through an enormous backlog of email.
Recovery has been a bit different with this knee. The doc had to deal with a lot of bone spurs, so as a consequence I'm dealing with more post-surgery swelling. The incision itself has healed even faster than the first one did; it's as if my body went "Oh, you're doing this again. No problem." My surgeon's PA called me their poster child, I sent them cookies. (And Jeffrey Padalecki is officially part of their practice. She promised to harass him about his famous younger brother.)
I spent most of my time off being a complete slug except for going to PT and running errands and going to appointments that I could take care of so they wouldn't disturb work. I do have an appointment with my podiatrist this week to rework my orthotics since I am no longer bowlegged in either leg. :-) PT is coming along well though it will take a while for me to get full extension back on my knee. I hope tostart going get back to the gym very soon. I'm soooo tired of being sloppy fat and having no stamina.
The Austin Celtic Festival may be my only late fall/Christmas show. I have my application and photos into a couple more but I won't hear from them until the end of the month. I'm going back into the shop this week to handle a Very Large Wholesale Order and a very interesting commission.
I finally did a hard purge of my home workshop and sold 90% of my glass beads and set aside a lot of stone beads to get rid of at the next Gem & Mineral Society swap meet. Just not using them any more. (Then I went to the International Gem & Jewelry show. I bought cabochons, tools, beads for my kids necklaces, ammonites, and... 3 strands of beads made from sliced up amethyst geodes. I love the wholesale area.) And the Austin Gem & Mineral Society show is next weekend.
I renewed my lease and now I'm getting all new appliances in December! I'd love to move into a house with a garage but it's just not in the cards right now. At least I have a good workshop at J's garage. My friends made me a nice sturdy table for hammering and chasing, and I finally broke down and got my chasing resin. I really want to get back into chasing this winter.
Went out to try to find workout shorts and would up with a really nice new quilt for the winter. Why are all the affordable clothes in the larger sizes so damn fugly? I'm sticking to my t-shirts for now, thank you very much.
Recovery has been a bit different with this knee. The doc had to deal with a lot of bone spurs, so as a consequence I'm dealing with more post-surgery swelling. The incision itself has healed even faster than the first one did; it's as if my body went "Oh, you're doing this again. No problem." My surgeon's PA called me their poster child, I sent them cookies. (And Jeffrey Padalecki is officially part of their practice. She promised to harass him about his famous younger brother.)
I spent most of my time off being a complete slug except for going to PT and running errands and going to appointments that I could take care of so they wouldn't disturb work. I do have an appointment with my podiatrist this week to rework my orthotics since I am no longer bowlegged in either leg. :-) PT is coming along well though it will take a while for me to get full extension back on my knee. I hope to
The Austin Celtic Festival may be my only late fall/Christmas show. I have my application and photos into a couple more but I won't hear from them until the end of the month. I'm going back into the shop this week to handle a Very Large Wholesale Order and a very interesting commission.
I finally did a hard purge of my home workshop and sold 90% of my glass beads and set aside a lot of stone beads to get rid of at the next Gem & Mineral Society swap meet. Just not using them any more. (Then I went to the International Gem & Jewelry show. I bought cabochons, tools, beads for my kids necklaces, ammonites, and... 3 strands of beads made from sliced up amethyst geodes. I love the wholesale area.) And the Austin Gem & Mineral Society show is next weekend.
I renewed my lease and now I'm getting all new appliances in December! I'd love to move into a house with a garage but it's just not in the cards right now. At least I have a good workshop at J's garage. My friends made me a nice sturdy table for hammering and chasing, and I finally broke down and got my chasing resin. I really want to get back into chasing this winter.
Went out to try to find workout shorts and would up with a really nice new quilt for the winter. Why are all the affordable clothes in the larger sizes so damn fugly? I'm sticking to my t-shirts for now, thank you very much.
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Date: 2012-10-17 10:56 pm (UTC)Bone spurs. Lots of bone spurs? Sounds grim.
My surgeon's PA called me their poster child, I sent them cookies. (And Jeffrey Padalecki is officially part of their practice. She promised to harass him about his famous younger brother.)
:D
I'm going back into the shop this week to handle a Very Large Wholesale Order and a very interesting commission.
Sounds interesting! So does the chasing.
Why are all the affordable clothes in the larger sizes so damn fugly?
Good freaking question.
I'm delighted your recovery is going so well. \o/ You are one tough cookie!