One week post-op and I am alive to tell the tale.  Overall I am doing well but I have decided that TKR – Total Knee Replacement must be similar to child birth.  The pain is quickly forgotten in retrospect.  That must be the case because I totally do not remember having this pain a year ago with my other TKR.   I know that I never cried at physical therapy before, but that is exactly what I did at my first home session on Monday.  My PT is as nice as can be but he totally reminds me of a retired marine drill sergeant.  He is built like a bulldog and sports a totally bald head.  He ask often if I am doing ok, but does not let up on pushing me to do one more heel slide.  He is intense and totally the meanest most serious of all the PT’s I have worked with.  I know he is just what I need to push past this pain, I just wish it was more of the “licked on by kittens” pain instead of the “my leg was just sawn in half” type of pain.

To help get past this “feel sorry for myself” phase I decided to look back at one of my pinterest boards created just for occasions like this.  The board is titled, “Things that make me smile!” and here are a few items included.

To see all the things on this board you can follow it here:

You can be sure I will be looking at this Board many times over the next few weeks.  If you can think of other items that will make me smile, please send them my way.  I need all the help I can get!