Surgery + 16 days - knee & foot doing well

Stitches were removed Tuesday. Knee continues to get better. Going up and down stairs is much better - only holding the handrail now just as a precaution. My L foot pain is going away, too. Just over 2 weeks after surgery. Dr said to stay off hard impacts so I'm thinking the elliptical will be good to start next week.

Knee still not 100%

L foot still having pain on the exterior if I try to walk normal. R knee still feeling swollen but mobility is improving. Mostly I'm annoyed about my foot.

Sick today

Up late Monday and I got hungry so I ate a very late extra dinner of pasta and 2 waffles. Tossed and turned during the night and woke with a headache. Went to work but left at 11 due to continued downward trend. Had to use the bathroom 4 times before lunch!

Slept an hour at home, then salad, get kids, slept another 45, and then spent rest of afternoon/evening running kids around the Twin Tiers. Healthy food day at least with no added sugar, lots of fruit and veggies, and some taco meat with dinner.

Knee continues to improve and I like that it's giving me a reason to limp as that is helping improve my L foot. I thought it was my plantar, but more like a bone problem I now think. It's also getting better.

Recovery continues

Day 0 + 4. Recovery continues well. I'm off the Motrin and never did take any of the Rx. The swelling has really gone down. I'm not using the crutches anymore and going upstairs alternating feet. Still taking it easy going down and laying in bed most of the day helps, I think. Looking forward to showering & wearing shoes tomorrow. L plantar still bothersome despite all the rest.

Medical stuff continues

My knee continues to improve - moving well without crutches now but still taking stairs one-at-a-time. Annie has done such a great job of taking care of everything this week but she's slowly been coming down w/ a virus or something. Watery eyes, fever, etc... She even took medicine tonight.

R knee meniscus surgery

Appointment was at 8:45. Got there at 8:30. Quickly got to pre-op area, but had to wait there until freakin' noon! Neck & headache hurt so bad I cried when I got up at 2pm. Feels okay now - icing, elevating, and staying as immobile as possible. Been on the couch since 3pm. Can't shower until Thursday!

Backpacking w/ Brian

Love my 4" Sea to Summit pad. We were pretty comfy at night but for some reason we are ALWAYS on an incline and sliding down during the night. I need to bring double pillows from now on - I slept a bit but not soundly.

Things we forgot: Brian long pants, winter hat, gloves. Brian had chicken teriyaki for dinner and I had mushroom risotto. Then oatmeal for breakfast. I had an upset stomach around lunchtime on Sunday, but otherwise all was good. Legs are sore for us - my quads, Brian's calves.

B puffy ear

This keeps recurring, but not at regular enough intervals that we noticed a pattern. Adding here for future reference. It lasted about 1 week.

Car Camping / Labor Day Weekend

Annie, Evan, Brian, Brennan, and I stayed overnight at Watkins Glen State Park site # 184. Tough time staking down the tent corners since the ground was so hard-packed. There were a couple other sites we saw where it was more open field - which also got more direct sunlight and would have been hotter!

We set up camp, went to hike the Gorge for a while and visited Glen Dairy Bar for ice cream. We tried to swim at the pool but it was temporarily closed. We considered the beach on the lake, but when we got there it said "No Lifeguard = No Swimming" so Annie put the kibosh on that. By the time we got back up the hill the pool was open and we enjoyed that for about an hour. There were a lot of people but the pool was so big you didn't really notice and the boys loved the diving board. Wish Allison had joined us!

After that back to camp to hang the wet stuff, start a fire, roast hot dogs, make S'mores, and then sleep. All 5 of us fit in the big red tent and for the first time in my life, I slept without a rain-fly. It was still warm when we went to sleep but no one needed anything more than blankets during the night. I didn't sleep great and Evan had inverted so his feet were in my face all night, but not sleeping was to be expected.

We didn't do breakfast in the morning as we were in a rush to get Evan home but first Brennan desperately wanted to go fishing. So we went to the pier near the fancy hotel and fished for a couple hours. It was very annoying to me how the reels weren't working right and kept getting tangled. Seemed like there was always at least one that needed to be fixed. But at least everyone got a chance.

Then took Evan to Alpine Junction around noon, then home. I dropped off the boys & Mommy, went to in-laws to get the dog, then back home to clean up. At 2pm we left to pick up in-laws and all drove to Fr Browns family lakehouse on Keuka Lake. Brennan & Brian fished almost the whole time since they didn't know the other kids. Annie and I hung w/ Fr Jones a bit. We left around 5 I think, just as Nana got sick in a bag in the car. Drove everyone home and started to relax for about 10 minutes before Annie made me take Brennan fishing again.

I took him down behind Wegmans and the light rain really added to the allure. I never thought I liked fishing but it was fun. We waded into the river to get our lines closer to the deep spots. I caught the little Bass in the picture, but it was Brennan's first time touching a real fish and holding it up like that. The colors on the photo are awesome! I could probably even be talked into going with him again sometime.

State Fair / Labor Day Weekend

Went to NYS Fair on Friday as Allison, Annie, and Samantha were helping volunteer at the NYS Parks as Girl Scouts. Picked up Evan on the way. The boys hung out in the car for a while and relaxed. Then we brought some food to the girls and waited for their shift to end at 2:30pm.  They seemed to have fun and the birdhouses were not the little toy kind - they were pretty big.

We didn't do any rides, just walked around a bit, saw the butter sculpture and got some milk, saw the cows, had a cool time at NYS stuff - FEMA, aquarium, hunting, bug control. We tried to connect with Dave & Heather but with Oliver, they just wanted to do different stuff and it was tough to get together. The kids bugged about doing rides but we decided not to do that to save some bucks.

We also went to the new Expo center which was nice & cool thanks to the skating rink. It was a lot of walking and not doing much but at least we got in & parked for free. We had planned to go home, but after talking to L & C we stayed overnight at their house - we had packed bags just in case. And that was a blast of course. The kids got to run around & play outside with Logan & the girls got to do girly talk with Alexandra & Christine.

On Saturday we took it pretty slow and didn't leave their house until lunch time. Then we went to this nice ice cream place and all got ice cream. Then we went to the chocolate store, and then walked over to the pizza place / huge indoor soccer field place. We got to play soccer, throw the frisbee, eat pizza, and got MORE ice cream (for free this time). Then we finally left - I think around 3pm.

To the chagrin of the kids we then stopped at Skaneateles Lake for a few minutes (nice pics), then went to Swabby's where Annie and I went on our first "date". We got drinks, chicken, fries, and t-shirts. It was pretty cool to see after all these years.

Lastly we stopped at CHEESE on 414 and took some group pictures before finally getting Samantha home at 7:30pm. Might go car-camping tomorrow. I was thinking backpacking, but at least it's outside!