Day 323 of Year 7- Dr. Hfuhruhurr

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Day 323 of Year 7- Dr. Hfuhruhurr
Day 323 of Year 7- Dr. Hfuhruhurr

Well, here it is- New Year's Day. I'm not going to give in to the complaints of 2016 because you've all heard them. A bunch of my friends on Facebook were doing the status updates asking for "all the good things" that happened to us in our lives instead of the dreadful things.

My year started off with two hand surgeries- two weeks apart. I had the open carpal tunnel surgery done on my left, then right, hands. They told me that my nerves were so far shot that I might not get the feeling back in my fingers, but the surgery would slow (or stop) the progression. Well, I did get the feeling back! I got all the sensation back in all of my previously numb fingers, except for the very tip of my right index finger. That could still come back, but I'm okay if it doesn't. Now, as you can see from Dr. Hfuhruhurr in this photo- I scar ugly. I scar ugly and big and I usually have residual numbness in and around my scars. But, I only have some loss of sensation in the left hand scar from the carpal tunnel release surgeries.

Not a bad outcome!

A couple months later, I ended up having to get another total knee replacement. My first was eight years ago and it was hell to get through. Recovery was slow, my progress had just as many setbacks as it did forward momentum. It was amazing that I made it through (it took over a year). But this time? I had the surgery seven weeks before Bristol's opening weekend. I decided that I wasn't going to miss Bristol and would drag myself around with my walker if I had to... and, I made it! I used a cane for the first six weeks, on the seventh week, I carried my cane but didn't use it. On the eighth week, I left it in my vehicle. I had a few setbacks, but they were minor and did nothing to stop the forward momentum of my recovery. Here I am, just two weeks shy of eight full months and I'm at least 90% recovered. I still have some swelling now and then and I still have some stiffness issues (which is probably related more to the fibro now), but I can now get up and walk away from my seat without hesitation. I did that for the first time a week ago.

The first knee replacement, it took me over eight months to reach that point. But last week (seven months), I stood up and walked to the kitchen and when I realized I didn't have to wait till my leg caught up to my intentions before I took a step, I giggled maniacally and kept doing it with grand, sweeping gestures to draw attention to it. (nobody else cared, but I kept doing it).

I had a lot of positives in 2016. And because my recovery is swimming along and my fibro is getting itself back to "normal" (normal for me). I look forward to what 2017 brings to me... as it is now, I'm SO DONE having surgeries! I think three in a five month period is plenty.

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