Half-way mark

9 months down...that means that I am now officially half-way through the recovery process.  That is crazy in many respects.  First, that I am now 9 months post surgery.  Secondly, that I have 9 more months to go until I am out of the recovery process.

Here are some of my recent updates on the knee and the overall recovery phase:

• Two weeks ago we left for a family vacation.  We flew to Florida and did the whole Disney World thing.  We had a great time with the family but as you can expect...the knee wasn't going to take a full day walking around the park and definitely wouldn't take multiple days at Disney.  Therefore, we did it in a wheelchair.  It got old staying in a wheelchair the whole time but the plus side was we didn't have to wait in line for anything.
• While in Florida we also hit the beach.  That proved to be more difficult than I first thought.  Walking on a slope beach and wading around in the ocean was challenging and painful.  I left my unloader brace on the entire time and had to take numerous breaks from walking and playing with the kids.  At least I got some good sun when taking a break.
• Swimming is going well.  I am still hitting the pool three times a week.  Still if I kick too hard or move a little funny in the water the knee lets me know.  It is nice to do something.
• Today I dropped my bike off to get ready to ride.  Come November 1st I am cleared to start peddling around outside on my bike.  I can't wait...as this is one of my favorite past-times.  It will be nice to be on a bike again but it will be hard to ride slow.
• Overall, the past few days the knee has been feeling a little better.  I would call it another break through in the overall healing.  This past weekend we moved into our new house and that demanded a lot physically and the knee did much better than expected.  I can't wait to hear in January the doctors report on my overall progress.

Here is to keeping up the routine.  At least the routine will get a little change come November 1.