I can drive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday I went driving in the Jeep!!! I turned the key in the ignition & backed down our steep driveway! My 2 little men watched me from the front door...they looked very concerned yet clapped! My husband took a peak too! I felt good..a bit taller & a bit confined in my brace but I so wanted to DRIVE!!!! I got down the driveway & took off thru the neighborhood, waving to those I knew!!!!! 10 minutes later, I came home feeling like a new woman....I did it!
I plan on driving only within my town borders for now....but what a feeling of independence...& I have a full tank of gas....yea!!!! Tomorrow, who knows, maybe the Library!!!-------------------Ly

Physical Therapy 101....Mon & Thurs nites..ouchie!

Physical Therapy 101: well let's just say that 6 pm last night was my 2nd P.T. visit & I woke up with pain & aches at 2am this morning, moaning for my pain meds...My husband nudged me & blabbed out that I fell asleep at 11:00 & did'nt get my 11:30 dose of percoset...therefore..up at 2 am in a panic....took the pain med & very slowly,if at all, did I improve. I then woke up again at 4am to wander thru the house in pain.....I'm gonna wrestle my Physical Therapist, Aaron.........He seems like a very nice guy outside of his job & I know as he says, in the long run ,I'll be in great shape..but for now, he's killing me.....I told him I'd write about him in my blog...& so it is.....why can't we just walk, I ask him?? I like to walk...he says I need to do all these other exercises to rebound from this surgery....bend my legs this way & that, go on my sides, lift my legs...I'm gonna kill him! & why is there only about 3 people doing P.T. when I go in? It's empty in there so that means I have him watching my every move...40 on the left leg, 40 on the right..keep going......I can't take a break or cheat one time cause he's always there by my side..........Physical Therapy 101 hurts & is keeping me up at night...! May I please have the weekend to rest- no soccer or baseball games, just leave me home to rest, please!------ Ly

Did Sam Champion say rain tonight & tomorrow..??.

where are my pain meds...........? Ly

whatever goes on the floor..stays on the floor in my house...

I drop a quarter, I drop a dime.....I'll pick them up...sometime.....whenever I find my grabber....I never know where I've put my grabber?? I try with my toes but I ain't too good at that............I guess I'll just leave everything on the floor where it falls...just can't bend............Ly

I'm so tired.....time to pace myself....!

This morning I walked quite a bit on the street where I live.....I was doing great going down the street which is a cul de sac....but it took me a loooooong time to come back up the street!!! Seems there is more of an incline than I remember.....I felt like a 90 year old on the way back with my cane.....then it was into bed for a nap.....I'm so tired......Time to pace myself....Ly

1st post-op appointment....what a relief!!!!

Yesterday morning my husband & I went to NYC for my first post-op appointment! I was quite nervous as was to be expected! I was concerned how well I would hold up what with the long car ride(2hrs,turned out to be a bit longer with traffic...) to the city. I brought 2 comfy pillows and my big ice pack! I was prepared! Thankgod for the supplies because I needed the relief by my surgeon's appointment which was 1:30....Luckily I got into a waiting room by 2:00 or so and I could take my brace off & lie down until Dr. Boachie & Dr. Kim came in! Hooray! I did standing x-rays and all looked good...although I was in shock on seeing my own spine with screws in it....ouch!!! I really think I'd rather not see x-rays at the 3 month appointment..may I close my eyes?????
I almost cried on seeing my Doctors, but I held up.... Everytime I think of my much deformed back now being normal....I tear up.....they are wonderful & I will never forget what they have done for me.....I am finally feeling like myself again...just a better me! Time to walk....... LY---