Amazing how much longer things take to do when you are on crutches so by the time mum and I stopped in for some lunch along the way it was time to head to the surgery for review.
I got the all clear....well the all clear to do more but within limits! Meaning my Dr is very happy with my progress and i can do 'thing' as i wish but i will need to gauge things on how my knee is travelling so if its hurting stop. Yay!!! im happy with that. I mentioned all of the concerns i had spoken to the nurse about a few days before and an agreement that i needed to be patient with my recovery was made.
The Dr removed the brace and gave a straighten, a pull, push here and there and seemed happy with his handiwork. I was more guarded than i thought when this brace came off i didn't think i had much pain but i didnt want him touching it or moving it, i grasped the chair and was ready to jump. A bit of fiddling and the brace was back on....i have become friends with this brace and i have come to rely on it to keep me safe. my legs felt like jelly when i left the surgery!
No physio yet either the Dr explained that he was wanting all that had been done within the knee to heal properly before i started causing extra strain to it, made sense.
As i was leaving the Dr did comment once more on the amount of swelling and he thought perhaps i should try and go back on the celebrex as nurofen wasn't strong enough, so i will revisit it but i didnt like it. Dr mentioned another type of anti- inflammatory Naprosyn if i couldn't tolerate celebrex so we will see how i go.
So i was good to go, carry on, and see him again in 4 weeks, appointment booked!
The dressings could remain off now, the looks from my kids when they saw the scars was priceless...ewww i think was the main word.
Still alot of bruising day 18
scar is healing...
I have been using one crutch at times within the house so i can try and get some chores done, just simple things like sweeping the floor, putting clothes away, amazing how you can still stand at the ironing board and iron but i couldn't get the clothes up the stairs to put them away. So i am still asking for a lot of help.
Movement wise i still have very limited range of motion, when i sit, my leg still is out straight in front of me and walking it is like a straight leg lift up to the next position.
Showering i am managing well on my own but i still find i am having one when i know there is someone about, just in case.
I sent a letter to the bus driver to get him to let the kids off the bus without me. The kids are dropped to the end of our street, we are on a quiet dirt road about 400mtrs from main road. So with a lecture about bus safety i waited at our mailbox and waited for them to get off the bus, they did fine, I don't think you give the kids the credit that is due sometimes.
Football training my dad has picked Harry up and taken him to that 2 afternoons a week, and i think this has been a great bonding exercise for them as well.
So all my pre-op concerns were no longer concerns, it was all working out OK.
ohh the shopping after my post-op visit... didn't happen, i was exhausted!! maybe next visit...
Feeling so confident them Bam the 3 post-op week mishap and tears, it was bound to happen!
Liss x
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