LoL I had the same deal going on with my Dh. Took me a year and a half to convince him of finally getting me a home gym. I think he's finally understanding the importance of weight lifting and how much it means to me.
(he should by now! LoL)
With my home gym I've had it for about 2 months and had no weight plates for it. It has an olympic bar so none of the weight plates I had fit it. I had to wait for extra $$ to come in before buying a set of weight plates. I got a good deal on them and an extra olympic bar to boot. LoL
So now I'm pretty much set.
I can work harder at building my quads now that I can stack the bar with heavier weights.
Sorry to hear about your illness.
You will build up those muscles fast...good thing about "muscle memory".
Keep up the great work!
~D~