Author: Kris

One week.

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And so we start the pre-op routine. I’m a week from my first knee replacement, and there’s so much to do. So. Much. I’m sure the surgery will be a success and everything will go smoothly, but the small chance of catastrophe or worse has me finishing countless home projects, work projects, and personal odds and ends. The yard is done, the mulch is down, the plants are planted. I feel like I got hit […]

So, knee class is a thing.

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Turns out there’s a lot of stuff to do ahead of knee replacement surgery. One of those things is joint replacement class (not making this up). I’m a veteran when it comes to knee surgery, so I went in thinking I wouldn’t learn much*. *or anything; it’s not my first rodeo. I was totally wrong. The class was located at the hospital itself, and on the floor where I’ll be staying after surgery (hopefully for […]

Step one.

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Welcome to my blog.  For several years I ran a personal blog based off random musings of my day to day – but the last few months I’ve been getting more into changing my life through schedule and exercise and just being more organized in general. It feels like the right time to kick-start a more targeted blog. I’ve almost always been over my ideal weight and maintaining a decent level of fitness seems to […]