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What a Difference a Year Can Make!

| assorted, Jack Rogers, Kate Spade, Knee Surgery, Real Life

One year ago today I checked into the hospital scared out of my mind.  My tibia was disintegrating and I needed to have it repaired with plates, screws, and a cadaver bone. Let me tell you, a tibial plateau osteotomy is not something you want to wish on anyone.  No, it is not cancer, but it stinks.  The sun was not even up, I was not allowed to have coffee or put in my contacts and I knew I was in for a long and painful recovery from an accident which had happened 16 months before.

When I woke up from surgery, which took four hours, I understood how scary it is to wake up and not being abe to feel your legs.  Thank you epidural.  I am not going to bore you with the pain and misery of the four days in the hospital, but I do want to give a big thank you to the friends who visited me in the hospita and during the weeks where I was a permeant fixture on the couch at home. The flowers, candy, hugs, and laughs really helped the recovery process.  I am not going to show you any pictures of the “before” or “dring” but this photo is from my third day of post-op.
Which leg was this on, you ask?  Take a look and you tell me…
 Why was my knee that swollen?  Probably beacuse this is inside:
 
 I had to do many things to get better including using this dreadful machine.  
I spent six hours hooked up to this contraption a day to help my knee bend and get used to all of the metal. 
I figured while I was broken I could work on my tan, that went really well 🙂   
Probably one of the only fun parts about knee surgery! 
I tried really hard to be fashionable, with my Jack Rogers, favorite silk top  and even white skinny jeans. And yes, I am icing my knee with a bottle of vokda. Helene, this made me think of you. 
Today also happens to be my parent’s weddings anniversary – congratulations mom and dad!
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  1. Alyssa says

    I totally understand how you must have felt–what a scary thing to have happen to you! I’ve had 5 knee surgeries and they’re definitely no walk in the park (literally or figuratively). I have metal in my knee too–do you have a cool card for airports in case you go off in the metal detectors?!

  2. Helene says

    OMG!!! But looks like you knew exactly what you were doing- icing that with a bottle a vodka, I could not be more proud! I can say I kind of feel your pain on this with my whole ankle situation but this is just crazy! so sorry! glad you are doing much better!

  5. Alicia says

    Sorry that you’re heart 🙁 But everything is a fashion moment! Do something yo your cast! Put ribbons around it or get metallic markers and draw on it. This can be a photo-op! Lol

    Great post! And your blog rocks! Check mine out. Maybe we can follow each other 😀
    Alicia
    Lattes & Lacee

  6. Jill J @ Classy with a Kick says

    Yuck…surgery sucks. It’s amazing how horrible it is and then how after a while, it’s just a thing of the past! I am glad you are back to normal…and of course that you got to tan during recovery. I tried to do the same thing after my surgery but it was too cold! I watched One Tree Hill instead. 🙂

    Jill
    Classy with a Kick

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