Day 11 - Milestones

Today was another day for milestones....

1) I put on long pants - well, they were my purple sweats, but they had long legs! It's nice to be a little warmer.

2) I went outside!

3) I walked down our stairs, out to the driveway, then up to the Kingsley's (the house next door), back to the Ambro's driveway - up to the garage door, then back home. This is the longest I've walked since the surgery. I used my cane - which JD bought for me in Japan when my left knee began acting up.

On the downside, I felt really faint this morning after doing the first set of 15 reps of my exercise program - not sure if it had to do with not eating yet - I'd speculate that was it. I had to sit down for a while before the cold sweats went away. Brings back the reality of the status of my recovery.


I just finished knitting a Chemo cap for a friend who's undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. It took just a couple of days - which surprised me...It's made of baby alpaca & silk, and is soft, and very colorful - since I used my favorite colors of purple and teal. I used a pattern in Cat Bohrdi's book - A Treasury of Magical Knitting. It starts with a Moebius for the brim, then has a lotus flower pattern. I've got a little of the yarn left, and think I'll knit one for myself using the same yarn for the moebius - since that's what goes over the ears.