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What a Difference a Year Can Make!

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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. 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. 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. 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. 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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