Real Life Change: Be Back Shortly

My wife, Barbara, had knee replacement surgery on Monday, October 1. (She is no longer speaking fondly of her field hockey days).

The surgery was successful. However, the combination of medications designed to help alleviate pain and make the recovery more comfortable actually caused an extreme reaction. It has taken a day and a half to stabilize that. As you can imagine, my attention has been focused on Barb and the situation.

The "Change" series will continue shortly. If you've left a comment, please forgive the delay in responding. 

Steve Roesler

Comments

[Karin H.]

Best wishes to Barbara, hope things turn out fine.

Take care.

Karin H.

[Galba Bright at Tune up your EQ]

Hello Steve:

I hope that Barbara and yourself will be fine. Your change series is tremendous.

[Joe Raasch]

Hi Steve,

Thoughts and prayers your way.

Joe

[Cam Beck]

Steve - All the best to you and your wife. God bless.

[Ellen Weber]

Hi Steve and Barb, Our very best comes from the MITA International Brain Based Center -- we wish you a speedy recovery, and lend our faith to yours that it will happen! All the best and keep us posted!

[Steve Roesler]

Karin, Joe, Cam, and Ellen,

Thanks so much for the encouragement and good wishes--they offer a big boost at just the right moment.

Barb is now at home and we're getting used to navigating the house and life a bit differently for the next 6-8 weeks. The surgery was clearly a success and the daily rehab process will provide the strengthening and flexibility needed to get back to normal.

With thanks,

Steve

Galba,

Sincere thanks for the good wishes from Jamaica. I think that's where Barb would like to be right now :-)

[Shelia]

Hey Steve, please send Barbara my best wishes. And I'm admiring your good husband skills, thumbs up! It'll be four years ago next month that I had arthroscopic surgery on my knee (former runner), and the same thing happended to me! The surgery went fine, painful but fine. The pain medication had me horribly sick. Fortunately for me I have an attentive husband too, because I was no good to my children or even myself for about a week. Once I got up on my crutches it was about six weeks to a bit of normalcy, and three months to actually feeling completely better. But it took about a year before I was completely pain free in all movement. Now it doesn't even seem like I had the surgery, it worked wonders.

[Steve Roesler]

Hi, Sheila,

Thank you so much for the good wishes along with the real-life story. I'm going to pass that along to Barb. I think it will make her feel a bit more "normal" about the severe reaction and will encourage her with her recovery.

I'll also pass along the good husbanding comment:-)