Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Knee Surgery Update
I decided to give a progress report on my knee, just in case my other knee goes bad some day and I want to look back at my reaction to the first surgery. I sure hope I don't have to go through another surgery, but I am so happy with the results I just might consider it again if necessary. My only complaint at this point, 7 weeks after surgery, is that discomfort in my knee wakes me at some point each night, I think as a result of keeping it in one position for too long. But it is just discomfort not pain. The only pain I feel is when the PT pushes on the bent knee, trying to get just a few more degrees of bend. But I can already bend it to 105 degrees on my own, which is pretty impressive. The only thing I can't do is walk downstairs normally, alternating legs; that is apparently the last thing to return to normal. There are even times during the day now when I completely forget about it and just go about my business. I take a walk every day and can easily do a mile, which is much more than I could do before the surgery. I can't wait to get back to aerobics class but that should probably wait until PT is done, probably at the beginning of January.
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