Famous Last Words: Week 8

This week I was planning to have a lot more free time than normal because of the injury last weekend to my knee. As it turns out, I spent a lot of this week in and out of several medical facilities. I had a meeting with the orthopedist Wednesday morning, another MRI early on Thursday morning, and I had to go in to talk about the results of the MRI and get bloodwork done before my surgery on Friday. As it turns out, no structural damage to any ligaments (i.e. MCL, ACL, LCL), but I did make the tear in my meniscus bigger. Surgery is on this upcoming Thursday.

Anyways, while I didn’t have as much time as I would’ve liked this week, I did get a good little bit of work done. I wrote the last three stories for my storybook (unofficially), so all I have to do is turn them in, revise them, and I’ll be done with all of that. One more thing I can cross off my checklist.

While I usually welcome the sight of some snow on campus, this week I was not so glad. I am currently unable to drive (my chauffeur takes me from location to location) because of the pain medication I’m on, and of course I can’t walk, so I’ve got a brace on my leg and am using crutches to move around. Just in general, crutching around campus sucks, but when it is snowing, it really sucks. That was probably the worst part of my week.

Also, after my surgery next Thursday, I am scheduled to have a Genetics exam on Friday, and a Physical Chemistry Exam the following Monday. It is going to be a busy few days that I am not looking forward to at all. Well, it has been a long day of doing Physical Chemistry Lab work, and now the couch is calling me, so I’d better go.

(Image Information: A personal photo from January 2015)