I had a PM from our deep-lurker maeve who suggested olive oil on the surgical adhesive. Good idea! I think the bath tonight got most of the rest of it, though. I am not supposed to immerse the knee, but I did go over it several times with the rough wash cloth and the adhesive got soft enough to be rubbed off. Whew! And I think I'm turning a corner with the medications and weaning off of some of them.
It's a war zone outside right now, and I expect Pepper will be curled up in my closet for the night and the next couple of nights. The forecast is brutal for the next 10 days, every single one of them over 100o. A good rainstorm would help lots of things, including dampening enthusiasm for fireworks, but nope, the folks will be out shooting off fireworks and hopefully not burning down the prairie.