A little discouraged

I felt like I was having a good day today. I drove this morning for the first time since my surgery. I had some friends over for football and spent much of the afternoon sitting up. I feel like I may have taken on too much too soon.

My right leg is doing well and feels well. My left leg, however, feels worse than it did yesterday, or even earlier today. I've noticed a nasty bruise behind my knee extending up my hamstring on the back of my thigh. It's hard for me to tell how far the bruise goes up, but it's longer than half my thigh. I can still walk without the crutches, but I'm choosing not to. I feel like it's probably better if I take it easy.

I guess I just want things to get better. The things that I was doing a week ago, like getting up and grabbing a drink from the kitchen, seem so difficult now. I have to think about everything I need to do before I get up because it takes so much energy form me.

Anyways, no pity for me, though. All in all, I'm doing fine. I took a look at the pictures I posted the other day, and tried to figure out how many staples I had in me. I think there's about 11 in each incision. About 40 staples over all! :-) Surprising thing is that they don't hurt all that much. Maybe I can take over this guy's job!