Physical therapy today and the therapist did a great job of explaining things more fully and answering all my questions. She said yes, the doctor can be a little too straightforward and to the point. Everything she told me basically boils down by saying my life won't change that much. Yes, I'll have to be a little careful about my knees and take this time to heal, do my exercises, not spend too many days walking around the zoo, etc. But this cortisone shot will probably help things for a few years.
Breakfast was a double portion of Aldi's red berries cereal, milk and apple juice
For lunch I had a roasted garlic flavored chicken sausage on a bun, chips and baby carrots.
Snacks were peanut m&ms and 7 tiny cookies.
We
went to the Botanical Gardens in St. Louis for the Chinese lantern
festival in the evening which was beautiful. We had decided to eat food
from the vendors there but it was difficult to share food and walk
around so I had a couple bites of Mom's chicken thingy on a stick. I
was starving when I got home so I had another bowl of cereal. I guess
that was supper.
For exercise I took a bike ride in the
warm sun and also walked around the gardens until my heel and knee were
really bothering me. They are both much improved, however, and I
consider cortisone a miracle drug.
1448/1930 calories for the day but never fear...potluck lunch with the girls tomorrow so I'm sure I'll make up for it.
No comments:
Post a Comment