Better and Better - Day 5 Post Op

I tried to explain to a friend that it was according to schedule that I had left off the crutches the third day...it was, after all, minor surgery.  She said that minor surgery is what happens to someone else:)
Yesterday I got 6,000 steps in on my fitbit and today I chopped tall weeds beside the road with a hoe.  Standing on uneven ground didn't hurt my knee today.
Yesterday my knee was a little tender as we picked blueberries in a light drizzle.  I decided it was because the ground was a little uneven.

Moth Panic

Last night I got into bed, at the last minute remembering not to plant my day 5 post op knee into the mattress  to literally "crawl" into bed.
I carefully settled myself into a comfortable position only to feel a small movement on my calf.  I halfheartedly swiped at it trying to decide if wildlife had settled in with me.
That was a firm Yes!  I hastily flipped over, flung the bedclothes back, and turned on the bedside light...only noticing then that I was on my knees!  I flipped back and saw a small gray moth fluttering madly.  I brushed it out of bed, turned the light back off and tried to decide if I had hurt my knee.  I hadn't.  Better and better.

My Knee on Tuesday - Day 4

I don't really know what is all right to do so that my knee heals well. The piece of paper said not to do heavy lifting, etc.  The attendant at the clinic said not to just sit with it propped up.  So I'm trying to move some. But it aches somewhat and has some swelling.  I have it up at the moment with ice on it.  Ice makes it feel better.

Cottage Garden

 My idea of a cottage gardens involves a miscellaneous mix of tall flowering shrubs, bulbs, and perennials.  I'm hoping for that look on the strip along the road.

 The impatiens aren't perennials but they readily seed for the next year.

Bee balm, daisies, lavender, perennial purple salvia,and silver something blooming comprise this part.  The little garden angel was a gift from a child several years ago.

Mimosa from the Woods

Larry dug this mimosa from the woods.  They grow wild in the south.

Sore All Over

Crutches are great exercise, if I can judge accurately based on how sore all my muscles are.

No Germs on those Hands!

Today was my first day off crutches.  We went to Memphis to see the dermatologist.  I made it fine.  The report was good and now I'm back on a once a year schedule.  After the melanoma I was on a three-month schedule.  Then six months, and finally I'm back to once a year.
The dermatologist's hands were really cold.  She apologized but liked it when I told her there was no way those hands could have germs on them. 
We ate at Cracker Barrel for breakfast and Casey Jones Restaurant on the way back for lunch.
We went in at Casey Jones, ate the buffet, and asked for the ticket.  The waitress said we should have paid on the way in.  So I went and got in line and explained we'd done it backwards but wanted to pay.  She said they'd only been doing it that way for about three months and they still get confused sometimes.
We were both really tired when we got home and crawled into bed for naps.