Friday, May 18, 2018

THE day is here!

129 days ago, 3,096 hours ago, 185,760 minutes ago and 11,145,600 seconds ago I had surgery and today is the day I THINK the Dr. will say you are done with the medical side, you are on your own to finish rehabbing that hamstring.  The thinking in terms of healing is 84 days out from surgery the hamstring is attached back to the bone.  THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE IN HEALING DONE AND THE MUSCLE BACK TO NORMAL.  My appt is at 9:00 AM and I have not decided how I am going to celebrate yet.  I would say my left leg is about 80/90% well.  No pain but of course it is always stiff and sore after a PT session like yesterday.  In the 8 days we have left in Naples I will swim 2-4 times a day and then it is normal activity leading towards 100% strength.  I may get on the tennis court once or twice before we leave but if I don't I will be ready to go next fall.  If there are any people who read my blog you should know that very little if any notes about that darn hamstring in the future.  I think by next fall it will be so strong I will feel like a normal 71 year old again! (normal is in one's mind of course)
The packing and the getting ready to leave are in full "forward".  It seems that I always look and say can we get all this in the car and then while packing it does not seem like all that much.  I am into the mind set that I do not want to take a lot of things back and forth so somethings will stay here this spring.  We do have some things that are headed north that will stay there like the box we (I) forgot last year!  Today is the last of the recycling as next Friday we will be out of here so for the next 6 days EVERYTHING goes in the garbage. (I mean everything that normally goes in the recycle of course)
We have found out that hurricane Irma did a lot more damage than people were aware of.  We had a construction guy walk on the roof yesterday and according to him we, along with most of the villas here, need a new roof.  The price they are putting on new roofs are ridiculously high but what is one to do but get it done.  Of course insurance covers most of it but still....
No the FP is history and I think I will go for a dip in the pool before we head to the Dr. office.  I think I have confessed before that I have become a wimp and have the pool set on 91 but this morning, as the temp goes down during the night, it may be 86 or so.  Still a far cry from our lake near the farm where at this time of year it probably was 60 or so?  Then of course by the end of the summer it was a nice warm GREEN.

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