Progress!

I had my second outpatient PT session with Jennifer this morning.  I have had three nights now without RLS (restless leg syndrome) and am hoping this means that whatever was causing that problem has healed.  So I don’t have to contact Dr. Culp’s Care Team at POA for advice on what to do next.  I am making progress in the 30 days worth of drugs—over half way through them.  

Plus I have caught myself walking across the bathroom or kitchen without a cane and felt OK doing it.  Jennifer checked my gait and said I could walk without the cane as long as I felt safe—better to use the cane than to be a “furniture walker.”  I understand that term because I want to hang on to the counter or table when I walk without a cane.

We were not happy to learn that we owe $45 more each per month for our UHC Medicare Advantage plan.  And now we have learned that our $25-40 copay has gone up to $50 copay.  I mentioned this to Jennifer complaining that Trump has not cured inflation and she said not to go there and that he has done good things.  I disagree completely but find it hard to understand that she must be a Trumper!  

I will do another few weeks of PT although I feel I could do the exercises on my own and not have to go to that busy venue.  I don’t like being there as kind and affirming as Jennifer is.  I hope to cook a supper tonight for the first time really—except for the Valentine’s dinner of slow cooker lasagnas that we did together.  Probably I’ll ask for Jim’s help again tonight.  We have had several meals from friends and family and leftovers from them as well as the slow cooker lasagna which made three meals. 

 I am so thankful that I got through the second surgery and am walking without pain.  I was a bit haunted by the hard parts of it last night when I thought about going back and giving some suggestions to the nursing team on the survey I was asked to complete.  Some nurses were very competent and kind, but in the middle of the night, two of them carried out a procedure without telling me how or why it was being done.  I asked questions and was not given much of an answer except to say that no, it would not cause an infection.  It was scary and I had a very hard time getting any sleep afterward.  

Best to forget the traumatic parts of the operations and hospital stays and focus on the improvement—and hope there will be no need for repeat operations.