Better late then never right??? Krista my DGD brought her Mom and dad for a week long visit so I have had little time to blog or do much of anything else, other then play Webkinz with Krista.
I'm starting the New Year with another series of Synvisc shot and today's shot was a bummer. The first time around, it's a series of 3 shots, one a week, I just felt a lot of pressure. Today damn near knocked me off the table. I'm thinking that when I went for the first series I was in so much pain to begin with, I didn't feel the pain from the shot. Now after being pain free for over 6 months...WOW!!! Not fun feeling pain in that joint again, the only redeeming fact is that I know it will go away rather fast and I will once again have full mobility.
I was a bit disappointed when the doc said "NO exercise". I had just started a daily routine I was looking forward too. I do understand the logic behind it though.
One of the reasons you will hear people say that Synvisc doesn't work, is because people go right back to life ...whatever that might be. The trick with Synvisc is to keep it in the joint for as long as possible, when it finally gets absorbed it leaves behind a lubricating slimey substance that stops the friction of the bone on bone. So by not working the knee to an extreme it allows the Symvisc to do what it was designed to do. Go back to business as usual and it has no time to leave that slime behind.
I'm sure no exercise will not slow my WL down to nothing, I was just hoping to stimulate a faster weight loss with exercise. Whats another 3 weeks in my life?
My leg is a bit uncomfortable so I didn't sleep well, thus my cranky attitude.
Each day will be better, but then next Monday I will get another shot LOL This is one time "put your big girl panties on and deal with it...." applies.
This New Year will be filled with all sorts of excitement and newness and for the first time in a long time, I am actually looking forward to what the New Year will bring.
I recently got a note from a friend who was unaware of my surgery. She said she would have enjoyed being on my cheering squad...Little does she realize, she was...
Throughout my life good friends have supported me and stood behind me no matter how foolish my actions were...They were there for me. None of them had to "know" what I was doing, just knowing they were there and knowing if I needed them all I had to do was pick up a phone, was enough for me. This journey is one I had to begin alone. I did not share my thoughts with anyone except Rich, my rock.
He was supportive but gave very little input because he knew this was something I had to do for myself and by myself. Little by little I told people and they were painfully honest at times, thinking I was taking an unnecessary risk or an extreme measure. In my heart I knew that my obesity or diabetes would kill me faster then the surgery would...and I doubted that God was ready for me just yet (heaven is a peaceful place and he'd like it to stay that way a while longer). In spite of some negative feed back I was steadfast and continued my Journey and sooner or later friends got on board....There are some who still do not know, but I know if I need them, they will be there, because that's just the kind of "friends" I have. If wealth is measured in good friends, I am an extremely wealthy person indeed.
It is my heartfelt wish that everyone can feel as happy as I am at this moment , for the rest of 2009...Health and Happiness to all and thank you for joining me on my Journey.......... Don't forget to leave a comment now and then
