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March 21, 2010 by janicemaynard

Hello everyone! I have really missed communicating with all my online buddies! I’ve posted to Facebook now and again, but except for that, I have been MIA. ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

I am SO happy to know that Spring has arrived. Everyone here in east Tennessee is more than ready to say goodbye to snow and cold. This has been a long winter, and I think we’ll all appreciate the warm weather this year even more than we usually do.

I’ve been “no mail” on all my loops for the last 7 1/2 weeks. That’s how long I’ve had my new knee. You’d be amazed at how well it is doing! My surgeon is wonderful, and my physical therapist is super pleased with my progress.

That’s the good news. The “so so” news is that I’m having the other knee done on March 30. So all prayers are appreciated. The surgery is definitely a challenge. And it is a very humbling experience, because for at least a couple of weeks, you are very dependent on other people.

I had the surgery done with an epidural and light sedation. I woke up once and could hear sawing and hammering! Eek! But they give you relaxing meds, so I wasn’t freaked out.

The day we left the hospital, a snow storm was brewing, but we made it home before things got bad. I had to miss one PT session because of snow, but was able to reschedule. I was on a walker for two weeks and a cane two weeks, and after that – nothing. I’m doing steps like a pro.

The first few weeks I spent a lot of time snoozing. Didn’t even read very much. Shocking! The Olympics did come in handy. I watched many hours of those. Don’t know what I will do this time. ๐Ÿ™‚

My daughter graduates from Vandy grad school on May 14, so I will have 6 1/2 weeks to recover. Should work out well, I hope.

My hubby was and is wonderful – so very patient. He even had to learn how to give me shots in the stomach for 10 days. He was not a fan of that, but he did it.

Right before my last surgery, I found out that my Desire book that was going to be “early 2011” had been moved up to September of this year. So I’ve had to do a bunch of edits, etc. in relation to that project. It’s called “The Secret Child and the Cowboy CEO”. I don’t have a cover yet, but I hope to soon. Then in October, I’ll be in a Christmas antho with LuAnn McLane and Susanna Carr. They showed us the cover a long time ago, but LuAnn’s name was spelled wrong! So I won’t post that until they fix it. ๐Ÿ™‚

Once I started feeling better, I had to dig into our income taxes. Yuck! Mailed those off on St. Patrick’s Day. A great feeling to get it done.

On March 11 our granddaughter, Anastasia, had her tonsils out. Poor baby, it was really tough. We were down in Knoxville to help out for three days.

I definitely plan to be at the Lori Foster get-together in June, and I look forward to seeing a lot of you!! I may not be up to dancing, but I can’t wait!

Hope everyone is well and looking forward to a wonderful Spring.

Hugs,
Janice Maynard

P.S. The flowers are in my backyard…

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  1. on March 21, 2010 at 7:29 pm Judy F

    Hey Janice we miss you. Glad to hear you are doing better. Kudos to nurse Charles. What a guy.

    I can’t wait for spring. After our record setting snow I am ready for sunshine.

    Good luck on the other knee


  2. on March 22, 2010 at 11:10 am SonyaM

    So glad to hear your recovery went so well. I’ll keep you in my prayers for your second surgery…hope it goes as well as the first & you have a speedy recovery.


  3. on March 22, 2010 at 7:23 pm Diana

    Sending good thoughts your way for a speedy recovery, and good luck with your second knee surgery.


  4. on March 23, 2010 at 4:25 am Rebecca Ringler

    Janice – Thank you for the info. I am sorry to hear you are having the other knee done, but glad you are doing well w/ the first one!!


  5. on March 25, 2010 at 8:59 am Lisa Freeman

    Happy to hear that you are recovering enough that you are ready to get the 2nd knee done. I think you’re right – we will appreciate Spring more, even though the pollen seems to be worse than last year.

    Looking forward to seeing you in June!



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