Friday, January 30, 2026 TKR Day Five

Slept the best I have since getting home from the surgery – yay!

Zipped around in the morning doing some straightening here and there, felt rather pleased with my level of activity.

Icing and stretches – check.

Walked around the house again for a bit. No problem!

Skipped the lunchtime pain meds. Regrets will come.

More icing and stretches. Definitely feeling it. Pretty sure that my leg is just one gigantic bruise at this point.

Did some reading, some watching, Duo Lingo lessons, listened to podcasts.

Late afternoon pain pill. Might be too late to make a difference. I have learned an important lesson.

Feeling groggy with weariness by suppertime. Our son stopped by to join us, which was cheery.

Made a half-hearted attempt to do a few more revolutions around the house, but found myself drawn to the couch as if by a magnet. Tomorrow will be better, I tell myself.

Our daughter sent me some little notes to open each day, which has been a lot of fun. Today’s was a limerick she wrote:

A friend of mine known for misplacement
Once got a knee replacement
A couple years after
She found, with much laughter,
She’d left her old knee in the basement.

Very droll!

I’ll probably…gosh, too tired to finish that.