[gailr42]

What an ordeal. I hope you are feeling better now that you can do a bit more.

[shananigans]

Hope things are going well. You've gotten lots of encouragement and advice here, just wanted to chime in and say I feel for ya!

[Beach Patrol]

I hope you're feeling/doing better! Just take it slow'n'easy & do what the doc says... I think yer doin' great!

Wish I could say the same for myself. I cannot have the surgery that was planned in December for my herniated disks. I am on Coumadin, and that's a blood thinner. So... no surgery for me. I just have to deal with the pain however I can & TRY to get at least SOME exercise in somewhere.

But hey, at least I'm alive!

[Heather]

Great news!!!!

[misschris531]

I am going through a similar situation right now... I was in a very bad car accident in May and I had a very large wound on my knee to the point where the bone was visible. I also fractured my hip joint (acetabulum). Right now the only exercise I can do is walking, and pretty slow walking (for my tastes) at that. Every night my knee is incredibly sore and stiff. (not to mention my hip... i can't do any sort of cardio videos, yoga, kickboxing, elliptical, not even situps!) I don't take opiates out of choice because I have a history of overdoing it with alcohol. the last thing i need is to get hooked on these very powerful meds. i work with an orthopaedist and PT but it is very slow. It will be months before I can jog again. They are still not sure of the extent of the knee damage so I have to take everything INCREDIBLY slow.

I am just lucky I was not hurt worse. Though I was in the hospital for over a week (total bedrest, couldnt even get up to go to the bathroom OR use a bedpan...TMI??) and let me tell you that SUCKED! And used a walker for 2 weeks and crutches for 9 weeks. I also know ALL about those shower seats.... I felt like a total invalid... and i could only shave my legs myself about 5 weeks ago! (before that my mom did it for me... nice of her, huh!?)

Sorry, didn't mean to start whining. I just get very down about it sometimes! And I know how it feels not being able to work out like you'd like! I gained 25 lbs in the 3 months after my accident, because all I did was lay around and watch TV and EAT and feel sorry for myself!

[JayEll]

Misschris! So sorry! I'm glad to hear you're on the mend, although more slowly than you would like...

Jay

[mandalinn82]

Misschris! Whine away! I of all people know how much it sucks even to have MY operation, and yours sounds a lot more intense. I didn't even have to check into the hospital, and you were there for a week!

The shower chair is going into the garage sale this weekend - thank goodness - need to get the reminder OUT of the apartment