BEING A GOOD PATIENT

I have wonderful neighbors and friends who have brought over food for our family while I am down with this surgery. I have such a hard time accepting things from others. I would much rather be on the giving side than on the receiving side. I don't know why that is but I just don't like people having to do things for me. But, since I am not able of doing much for myself right now, I have to have the help of others.

I had the surgery at the Mount Ogden Surgical Center. I had to be there at 10:45 yesterday morning and we didn't get home until 4;30 last night. Everything went just fine. I just don't like getting the IV put in me---that just stings like crazy. Doctor Byck found things to be much worse than he thought once he got inside my knee. I had a torn meniscus which he repaired, my knee cap was resting on bone, I have so much arthritis in there that there isn't much cushion for my knee cap to rest on even when it is aligned in the right place. He told Michael that I will have to have knee replacement probably much sooner than we had thought. But I am going to stay optimistic, do what the doctor ordered and let Michael and the girls help me. I have got to learn to be a good patient so that I can get back on my feet and be serving those who might need my help.