Been home several days recuperating from a one week trip to Disney World. It was a very fun trip where we made many memories, but it was very hard on the ol' body, particularly my left knee. That is the knee that is still healing, the one I am giving 6 more months to complete its healing. On the first day, I was amazed at how great my knees were. The main problem was my right foot was hurting. So, I guess whatever I did to favor my right foot aggravated my left knee because it began to talk to me the next day. LOUDLY. By the end of the second day, I had no idea how I was going to endure four more days. I woke up the next morning and decided I was going to follow the advice of my blogger friend (newkneenewme.blogspot.com) and rent a scooter or as Disney called them, Electric Convenience Vehicles. That sounds nicer than an motorized wheelchair, doesn't it?! Smartest thing I've done in a long time. Made the rest of the trip fun and bearable. I told my husband that with the fattening and aging of America, the day was coming when there would be more ECVs in line at Disney than parents with young children!So if you are planning a grueling outing in a theme park following knee surgery, renting an ECV is the way go!! (I also took one of my walking sticks--it was a total lifesaver. Traipsing around WDW would have been impossible without it.)
I was also surprised to find out that I could go through airport security without setting off alarms. I knew someone else who told me to wear pants that I could pull up easily over my knees because he had to show his scars when the alarms sounded. Some doctors give you wallet cards to carry to show to airport personnel, but he was told that anyone could get those cards; they wanted to see his scars!
