I'm off of the last of the medications for 30 days after the surgery, but the gut is at a standstill. Drinking lots of water and taking softeners helps, but it's time for drastic action - ice cream. I find that a big bowl has the capacity to shove everything along (good thing I don't have to go anywhere tonight or tomorrow is all I'll say about that, and probably TMI).

PT today stepped up to the massage stage after the exercises. Prodding, digging, pinching, and even old-fashioned "cupping" with a flexible acrylic cup that slides over the oiled surface of the knee and pulls the skin up and helps separate it from scar tissue. There are some painful moments in this, but she ends with a soothing menthol lotion and I stopped to pick some up on my way home.

Later in the week it's supposed to be about 10 degrees cooler. I've stayed in except to go out to water plants and pots and this evening after dark I'll drain the larger pool and stock tank in the back yard and refill them. And shower on my patio. I should keep a couple of kettles filled with water; when it gets this hot pipes sometimes break under ground and we go without until the street repair is finished. Maybe fill the tub in the hall bathroom to use for bathing and flushing, just in case. Or I suppose I could go soak in the kiddie pool in the back yard after dark. :)

The sewing studio has a good air flow from the AC and I'll be doing some sewing in there tomorrow. It is getting easier to sit still for a while to work on things like the computer or the sewing machine.