Cheese, love your blocks. I have another one almost finished for you. Ran out of steam yesterday haha.
Sewbiz- maybe could you ice it while sitting near the fire? When I had my knee replacement last year that's what I did because it's cold to have cold on!!! But as you know ice is needed for swelling. Glad the pain is minimal. I only took one or two oxys for pain. I hate that stuff but sometimes it's needed.
When Paul was really sick a few years back he had a ventilator for so long he had to relearn how to swallow. That was absolutely awful. He now says that was the worst part of his ordeal. So glad it's behind us. To be clear though, that was extreme, not what you and Janice went/ will go through.