about the same time that i had my shoulder surgery, i put out a call for help to the wonderful members of the houston modern quilt guild. i needed help finishing the 4 remaining QOVs from my navy request last spring. well... they're coming through! this past saturday at our monthly meeting, these wonderful ladies above (and a few others not pictured) showed up with wonky star blocks. 20 of them. plus a handful of red/white/blue string blocks to start me on the next one. i am so thrilled with all of them and cannot wait to put them together soon!!
i had my 6 week check up with my orthopedic dr. this morning. he said i'm doing well, that i look great (and he complemented my glasses) and to ignore the PTs... since "they're new at this." hah! i don't think i can tell my one PT that dr. m said she doesn't know what she's doing. especially since his wife is one of the PTs there too... they do know what they're doing and they've helped a lot already, it's just the one thinks i have to move all over the place already. she thought that from day 1 of being allowed to move the shoulder at 3 weeks post-op. that was part of my problem... i wasn't allowed to move for 3 weeks and the ligament he purposely tightened was REALLY tight. so, she causes me lots of pain, lots of tears and lots of me going "oooowwwwwwwwww."
so now i'm allowed to take the sling off more when i'm home, get used to moving it to get the natural flow back when walking. no public places without the sling for another 6 weeks. sheesh. my elbow is really bruised today for some reason. but hopefully, i can start sitting at my sewing machine by the end of the week. i'm practicing typing with two hands again, but in short spurts. good thing i type fast.
i have had huge sewing withdrawals. to make up for it, i became obsessed with ancestry.com and started 3 family trees for each person in the house. goodness.