Thursday update

Peds Exam 2: 86

:) staying above that 83.

I'm dead tired though. Only got 2 hours of sleep. And I have a 12 hour class day ahead of me :( On the positive side, my weekend technically starts right now :) I'm taking tonight and friday off. Work begins Saturday. Next exam: Surgery Exam next friday.

My list on what I'm gonna do for the these 2 days (technically only one day) off:
- grocery shopping (yes, immobilizer brace and all)
- oil change? with car wash
- fun shopping - necklace, stuffed animal, possible piercing..hmmm??

I just had ACL surgery 2 weeks ago?? Pish posh, i don't need to walk normally to lead a normal life. :P

Tuesday Update

History and Roles of PA midterm: 99

Granted, it's a joke of a class but I still had to put the work in. Now onto studying for the Peds exam that I have on thursday. :)

Edit: I broke my no facebook thing for liz's lent lol

Graduating post operation and on to the physical therapy stage

My parents just left. It's official, I'm on my own post surgery. It's really interesting to see how far I've come. While I was at home, my mom had to help me do everything because I couldn't even lift my leg nor put weight on it. Plus I had to wear a stupid immobilizer brace that got in the way of everything. When we got here on tuesday, I went from that to being able to do everything on my own in only 5 days. I started putting weight on it, with crutches. Then went down to one crutch. Then no crutches with my brace on. And now I have no crutches and no brace. Also, my range of motion for bending my knee was 40 degrees the first day of PT (yes I know thats awful). The 2nd time it was 60 degrees (20 degrees in a day!). Then friday I went all the way to 77 degrees! :) My PT said past 70 degrees is like the goal of week 3 for rehab and I had gone past it in week 1! Boo yaa. I'm not moving normally obviously but I can do things for myself now! And the Radiology technicians taught me a trick to lift my leg on my own (tuck my good leg under it and lift/move it) I move slower than a snail and I'm still really scared to do anything fancy. But I'm doing what my PT tells me to and hopefully that'll be enough to get me to a full recovery. At this point I'm so traumatized I probably won't be able to do a fake out on anybody in basketball EVER but as long as I can run on a treadmill, I'm all set for life.

Well, now I'm forced to move around more to do things, which will be good for my leg. The bad part is that my support system left with them, and about this I am sad :( But I'm a big girl and I CAN DO THIS.

Pharm Exam: 88

:) see?

Now off to study. Two exams this week. Midterm for a stupid history and roles of PA's class on tuesday, then a Pediatrics exam on thursday. Bring it on.

Post Spring Break

Had ACL surgery March 10th.

Had stitches and dressing removed tuesday. Started Physical Therapy (PT) tuesday.

It's gonna be a long road. And it's gonna get really tough at times.

I'm just happy I get to start putting weight on it now, can shower without having to wrap my knee, and can start walking as I feel comfortable. I'm not going to cheat myself. I want to get back to normal as soon as I can. So I'm gonna make sure I'm doing everything I'm supposed to be doing.



This is my clean slate. There is the before the surgery and the after the surgery. Before the surgery I failed exams and didn't study when I was supposed to be studying. Now I'm going to put in the time I should be putting in and have to in order to get A's and high B's in order to make up for the 70 somethings I got on the first set of exams in every class. I will get at least a 3.0 GPA this semester. I will get an A or a high B in all of my exams from now on. I know I'm capable of it. There's no reason why I shouldn't. I will.

I'm choosing to do this without Tim.. he offered to stay for a week or come over on weekends. but he's gonna continue wanting what he wants and I'm still going to stick to my decision and he's gonna get cranky and being around him will just be torture rather than help. (He visited me twice this weekend, the first time was fine, the second time was torture because what I just said happened) I've finally come to accept that we just won't be OK unless we distance ourselves for a while. I was trying and hoping to keep the friendship but the truth is that we're just not ready.



I've also given up Facebook for "Liz's Lent" (which began yesterday and ends on Easter). I think this will be good, as I've wasted many hours on that addicting site.

And now I study for the Pharm exam I have tomorrow.

love

While listening to the new Taylor Swift song, "Love Story", I think of this:



Often in thinking of Tim I think about how much he loves me and wonder if I’ll ever have someone who loves me as much as he did… and no, I mean, yes someone’s gonna love me that much but they’re going to REALLY love me. Without the ups and the downs, without wavering, without inconsistency. That’s how I want to be loved. I want to be wholly loved. Someone can love me better than he did.

On the road to redemption..

Ob/Gyn Exam 2: 86

Praise the Lord. :)