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ok, the surgery is over,the pain when I woke up was almost unbearable. misty said i was like a junkie desperate for a fix, oh what pain it was too. today i am 5 days out and getting around pretty well. probably more than i should. i have been spending about 6 hours on a continuous passive movement machine, or a cpm. physical therapy 2 times a day, eat, sleep and pee...alot. i really don't know what i expected, but i am doing better than i thought i would be, the pain is different than before, i am able to find a place where i am not in pain, making sleep come quicker and last longer. i have lost an additional 4 pounds since i came home, probably because i am exercising for the first time in a long time. i am really surpeised i am sticking to my diet plan. it would be so easy to eat a bunch of comfort food, but that is what my relationship was with food in the past. misty and bobbie have been taking turns staying with me, misty of course thinks she has to do it all! Sheila will come monday night and spend a week with me. mom and dad shortly after she leaves. i won't be alone much in the next few weeks. far different from my everyday life. in the meantime, i am extremely bored. sleepy, but just can't quite get to sleep. i want to crochet, but just can't pick up the yarn. i have to get outside today, even if it is just a drive to the store for a diet coke! a new life right around at the corner! i can do all things through christ who strengthens me. phil 4:13