Today I learned:
1. The Best Laid Plans…often go awry. In an earlier post on preparation to work from home post-ACL reconstruction, I subtly (?) bragged about how well prepared I was to remain effective during time out of the office. By day 2 it became clear, despite IT support and “successful” testing, all tools are not equally reliable. The IP phone on my PC is a bust – it keeps cutting out.
Can you hear me now? Nope.
The good news is today I learned many of the free tools available are more reliable than those we pay for. Google Talk and Skype have saved the day, and not added any cost to me or the company. No IT support either – plug and play, just like things should be.
2. Why I wouldn’t succeed as a drug addict: It’s plain and simple. I just don’t have the stomach for it. For 2 1/2 days following surgery I was nauseous and dizzy. I felt weak and couldn’t stand to be on my feet for long. Using the crutches to cross my house made me feel like vomiting. My mind was foggy and I couldn’t concentrate. I was feeling as though the recovery period was going to be much worse than I thought.
Today it finally occurred to me that maybe it was the pain medication, not the surgery, that was the problem. I decided to go cold turkey and kick the drugs to test the theory out.
It was a good decision.
Within 2-3 hours the fog lifted. I was immediately more functional, both physically and mentally. The knee pain, despite no pain medications, is exactly the same if not better, too. It was an interesting lesson. It turns out the surgery wasn’t as bad as I thought. I am just not very good at doing drugs.
two things i learned today 