Reading your replies makes me feel so much more confident to listen to my body and give myself a break as much as I need rather than continue to push myself. And seeing that you were both surprised at not being fully recovered as quickly as you were told/expected is huge for me psychologically...
I agree! There are several websites that say with a PKR you can be golfing by 6 weeks postop (I don't golf but I know that puts a tremendous strain on the knee)!
I had a medial partial on the right knee. Not sure of any specifics other than that.
Thank you all for responding and helping me understand what's going on and what to do. I am definitely a member of the "ODIC" - thanks for that acronym, by the way. Even this morning, I thought maybe I should just go for a 20 minute walk and see if that would help with the stiffness and pain...
I had a right medial PKR on March 1st 2022 (6-1/2 weeks ago). Recovery has been going well - I have been walking almost every day for 30-40 minutes since week 3, doing PT on my own with exercises prescribed by the physical therapist, and finally got to the point of being able to go up and down...
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