9-almost-10 week update
Well since I last posted its been a whirlwind with starting work. The first 2 days were ok, by Thursday I was exhausted and Friday my whole leg was swollen. I swear all of my patients have a big flight of stairs to go up so I can see them lol. Throw in that my husband's estranged brother passed away at 55 leaving only his 18 year old college student daughter who could not take over the arrangements. We ended up doing everything, my husband wouldn't have had it any other way. Despite the estrangement, he was my hubby's last immediate family member who he always loved and hoped would get his life together. Sad, sad, sad.
Anyways after just starting work and being swollen by Friday we had to get ready for the funeral Saturday and having everyone over our house afterward. It was a tough couple of days on top of a tough week. I laid around resting my knee ALL DAY Sunday, finally feeling better by Sunday night.
This past week went better. No swelling at all but I have quadriceps tendinitis that started about 10 days ago. It is making climbing stairs difficult. It's just very tender. I had my last PT Wednesday, I'm glad about that. He was working on the tendinitis for the last 2 sessions with gentle stretching, massage, lite ultrasound...nothing is really helping. I see my OS this afternoon so will see what he has to say. My PT didn't measure my last ROM but it's very good, at least 130 flexion. My natural knee is really starting to complain about my increased activity but it's just going to have to wait a little while longer, I can't get the next cortisone injection for another 3 weeks.
I never had the tight band feeling and if it wasn't for the tendinitis, my knee would feel great. I do take a little cocktail of tramadol, Tylenol ES, and Aleve in the morning to get going. Then Tylenol during the day followed by Tylenol and Aleve at night. I'm hoping the Aleve will help the tendinitis. By the end of the work day, then dinner, I am absolutely exhausted. I fell asleep at 730p on the couch last night. I have today and the weekend off so can take it easy but next week I am back to work full time and we are very busy right now. Well that's all for my long winded post lol. Hope everyone's recovery is going well...