How are you doing?

I'm not sure what you mean.

I'm home from the hospital, in a room on the main floor of our house, near the kitchen and bathroom.  It's actually the computer room, so between the computer and my tablet, I am kept entertained.

I have a variety of entertaining equipment ... a commode (for the first few days it was hard to get to the bathroom at night ... a walker (a necessity when one is non-weight-bearing or "feather weight" as I am now) ... crutches (not using yet.  Too wobbly) ... a wheelchair (handy for outings but hard to fold up and put in the car, at least for me) ... a comfy cushion to make our TV room chair a little higher ... a raised toilet seat, grab bar and bath seat make the bathroom more manageable ... and a swivel cushion which helps me turn in and out of the seat in the car.  Oh, and I have a grabby thing (stick for picking things up).

I am progressing ... from  non-weight-bearing to "feather weight" in my walker.  I feel a little like a toddler sometimes ... I can mostly dress myself.  I have care aides who come and help me shower and dress.  I can now sit or lie on the couch to watch TV and get up again.  I suspect my left leg is getting much stronger than it used to be.

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I found this blog-bit that I had started, after finishing a big long one today about all of my adventures at home this past month.  So, two blogs in one day might be overkill, but this really was started last week as I was musing about all the questions that are hard to answer.

"How are you doing?"  (How do I look like I'm doing?)

"What does the doctor say?"  (As little as possible)

"Are you healing up?"  (No idea, as the doctor prefers to say as little as possible)

"You must be in a lot of pain." (No, I'm not.  And that wasn't really a question, it was more of a false assumption)

What do you say to a friend or acquaintance with a walker or in a wheelchair?  "You're looking great today!"  Or my favorite, coming from someone who saw me cruising WalMart on an electric scooter:  "You look like the happiest person I've seen riding one of those!"  Music to my ears ... I'd rather be the happiest person than the most depressed grumpy one.

Over and out.