A View from the Couch

As I returned home from surgery last Tuesday to reconstruct my torn ACL, I've been held captive to my couch, using the internet occasionally with a long-corded keyboard on my lap with a wireless mouse on to the side and the hdtv as a computer monitor, while my horrifically sore left leg takes an eternity in healing itself to the point where I am barely able to get up and down without assistance.

After experiencing more pain that I'd ever wish upon anyone else (except a few jerks out there), I've been thinking a lot about the physical therapy I'm going through now and all that is ahead. It is better to think of that than dwell on the fact I missed the Coldplay concert and will be missing Feist as well. One thing that will help a lot down the road will be balance exercises, which I've always been neglectful of. This is where I think Wii Fit is going to help.

With too much time on my hands I finally think I got a successful online order of this hard-to-find product and when I'm able to stand without crutches I'll finally have something to motivate me to do proper balance and stability exercises, and hopefully other things useful to re-developing the very degenerated lower body strength.

Until then, I am painfully awaiting the day that I can at least walk normally again, which hopefully is less than a week away. This forced, temporary, painful sedentary lifestyle is killing me.