6 months post-op, oh yeah!

I made it to 6 months post-op today. Wooooo hoooooo. Half a year and counting. Wow. Well, it is really winter here in Wisconsin and it is very kind of everyone to be so concerned about me walking outside with the snow and ice. It is treacherous, but friends, colleagues, and professors have volunteered to help me out whenever possible and I am being very very cautious. We got another 6 inches of snow last night, which is fine, but it is on top of layers of ice from the ice storm over the weekend. That is NOT fine. Knock on wood that I'll make it through this winter without falling! It took me over an hour to get home last night (it usually takes 15 minutes) and as I was driving down the highway the ice started collecting on my wipers making it difficult to see. Well there was a tiny clear spot in the left hand corner of the window, but there was one problem - I can't bend down. So I alternated looking through the ice and doing my best to look through the clear corner, but my neck hurts a bit this morning because of it.

We got out X-Mas tree last weekend as the storm started coming in. As some of you (dear readers) will remember, last year we got a tree with a sever lumbar curve! I thought it was very appropriate since it would be the last Christmas I would spend with a big curvature. This year, our tree's trunk is nice and straight, just like my back. I was so excited to decorate this year because for the first time we have our own home and I could hang our stockings over the fireplace. :) We have a lot to be thankful for this year - My surgery was successful, my father beat cancer and survived a 99% blockage in his heart, we bought a home before the market got horrible, we adopted a dog, my husband passed his doctoral prelim exams and is now a dissertator, and he got promoted in his job.

2007 was very very difficult, but we have also been extremely blessed. I'm looking forward to 2008 though. One final thing - last week I was diagnosed with vertigo and hopefully it has nothing to do with my operation. It is probably an inner ear virus, but man, is it annoying. No more health problems please!