"We'll Get There When We Get There!" Mr Incr3dible's journal (comments definitely welcome)

[Mr_Incr3dible]

DW got her first knee replaced this morning. So far so good. It was amazing that they had her on her feet and doing stairs before we left. Modern medical science is incredible.

I saw my surgeon yesterday, at near the 3 month mark. He’s pleased with the progress. He says finish out this month’s PT and then start ramping back up to where I’m doing regular training runs at the end of March.
And, bless him, he deemed my 10:30 - 11:00 minute pace to be fast.
So I went home and celebrated with a 1 mile walk (20 minute pace) since it was so warm and sunny.

 

[Mr_Incr3dible]

DW is surprisingly mobile already on her new knee. It is becoming more and more apparent the timing of my own injury and surgery was fortuitous in that I'm healed enough to be able to help her. She just did her first trip upstairs to get a shower and be feeling more human again after her surgery, and I'm sitting on an ice pack, feeling the effort of lending weight-bearing support. Not complaining, just noting it.
We are now back in the recliners, starting a day of being couch potatoes and watching a lot of football. In fact, I have a second TV set up in the den so we can watch the Chiefs and the CFP farce at the same time. (I love the idea of a playoff, just not in the manner in which the teams and brackets have been set up to pick and choose likely winners, and how the selection criteria this year seems to be rather different than it was last year. No, I don't have any dogs in this fight, just hate seeing things done poorly or with bias.) But I digress.
Oh, I also got in a chilly mile walk this morning at a 19:23 pace, so that is also factoring in what I'm feeling.
Again, not complaining. I'm ecstatic that my wife is on her way to being pain free in her knees.

 

[The Expert]

So glad to hear your wife's recovery is going well and that you're feeling good enough to help her. And yeah -- the CFB playoff is a joke! I'm an NFL fan and don't normally pay a lot of attention to college ball, but it's hard to ignore the train wreck they've created this year.

p.s. Go Chiefs!