I'm not a young person, but I do enjoy my share of activities. I'd spent the better part of last summer and fall getting my legs back in shape for snowboarding. I even spent extra dollars at the gym to push my fitness level to where I could feel confident I was ready for winter! I bought a season pass to Squaw Valley and even though it was a pretty pathetic winter, I had a GOOD season and was snowboarding really well! So I bought another season pass in April.

I had joined a local bicycling club earlier this summer and was starting to get my cycling legs and lungs back. Hubby and I were also golfing and hiking every week. In short, we were having a GREAT TIME!

All I can think about after the surgery is how long until I can get back to my to my REAL LIFE!

For the first couple of weeks after the surgery, I kept thinking I would wake up one morning and my leg would be miraculously better... this is all just a bad dream. Must have been the drugs. I'm coming to the realization that it's going to be a very long, slow recovery. No short-cuts, no miracles. Grrrf.