The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. ~ Douglas Adams

A Taste of Normality

Today I started week eleven since my surgery, my initial healing period and end of medical leave is the beginning of week thirteen, so we’re getting near the end of my initial healing period. By this point I’m supposed to be fully mobile, walking a couple of miles a day, driving and basically doing everything except doing any lifting over ten pounds and very little with my arms outside the core of my body. I’m doing a bit better than that, I’ve achieved all of that and I’m walking four to five miles a day.

So this week I decided to run a bit of normalcy test as well as take a minor vacation. So I’ve come to Reno for a few days apparently to lose money gambling and eat good food. This was a good test, a four hour drive in the car, sleeping flat in a bed and generally living normally. It’s gone well, the car ride went well, I’ve slept ok and generally it feels like a normal trip to Reno. I also got to lay all of my NFL season bets.

I got some good news today, I will be going off of my blood thinners on August seventh, that also means I get to come off another medication that I’ve been taking in conjunction with the Warfarin. So, six less pills to take every day. I also got my blood test results back and all of my blood metrics have come back to normal. I had my last blood draw as well so normal life is coming at me at high speed. This is something that brings mixed feelings, first, very happy to be getting back to normal and unfortunately it means going back to work soon.

I’d hoped to get in a little vacation but there still are some appointments coming up and it just hasn’t worked out timing wise so I’ll have to settle for some great seats, row one, right on the field, for the Giants and Pirates next week with a couple of friends.

The last big thing for me is that I have my first physical therapy appointment on August fourth so I can start working on getting my upper body strength back. Then I work on flying. Have a happy day my friends. ~ Rev Kane