Last year I was sitting on this same sofa, watching the same thing (The Masters) on tv under very different conditions. Earlier that day, I had my ACL replacement surgery and spent the better part of the next 3 - 6 months rehabbing. Today, I played golf, took a walk and feel thankfully very different than I did a year ago. I just read this post from the day before my surgery and can say, yes, I am glad I did it, but it wasn't easy.
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| April 6, 2022 Not having fun here.... |
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| April 6, 2023 So glad I can sit cross-legged again! |
Reading the updates following the surgery I am amazed by myself. Many of us never stop and give ourselves time or permission to be amazed by the gift of our body's ability to heal. I am truly thankful. But honestly, when they told me it sometimes takes a whole year to recover, I was daunted and thought to myself, "a year seems like forever!". It was, but it also flew by. I look forward to this being but a distant memory!
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| One year post surgery and while I still don't (never did) walk very fast, I am faster than I was a year ago. |
I played golf today and... well...my current handicap index is 20.0 and it was 17.5 a year ago before I went on the injured reserve list. Some things take longer to come back than others, I guess. I am making it my mission to get back below 20. Even if I "have" to play golf three times a week.
In other good news, next week we are going to finally take the second part of that trip we had to cancel last year. Our plan was to go to The Netherlands and tiptoe through the tulips before we walked the Portugues Camino de Santiago. We did the Camino last October, but there are no tulips in October. To say I am looking forward to this trip would be an understatement. Bring on the tulips and the canals of Amsterdam!
And HAPPY EASTER!
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| These are the kind of photos that set us up for disappointment. But then again, "maybe not" said the eternal optimist! |