So, I had both of my knees replaced on April 17th, 30 days ago. I have really never been in such a terrible situation. The pain was brutal, brutal, brutal.....for three weeks, on lots of Percocet. And even 30 days later, I cannot walk very far, and I have to sit down after more than a few minutes of standing.
And the isolation. Because I can't walk, and I can't drive, I can't really leave my house. Which has made me a shut-in (Lily points out, probably correctly, that a person who lives with four other people is not really a shut-in.) And being a shut-in is really difficult. All day not talking to anybody. So, not for me, but really nice and attentive to any shut-ins you do know. You may be the only person that person talks to all day. And some day, like me, you might become a shut-in.
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