Wow it’s been a while! Strange how time flies when you are rejoining the world!!
So....my life right now is filled with weird comparisons of what I can or can’t do.
I’m 8.5 mnths out now. Getting set to see the OS in a few days and feeling a bit anxious about it because I’m no where near the numbers he wanted. My pt has been measuring once a week as they are charting progress now for my long term disability insurance. Basically I’m at 85 with about 88-90 after warming up for 20-30 min. Extension is about 10 she said. Been there for months now. But...
The big thing is I’m back doing a lot more now:
I’ve been out photographing a lot again finally incl a course where it was a 2hr drive each way and standing for 2hrs in the cold and even had to kneel proposal style a few times. Knee performed and felt better than expected (still swelled massively a day after but...)
I’m walking outside with my poles 1km every day now. Used to take me an hour when I started at the indoor track. Now it’s 35min before it tightens right up.
The big one is...I can now consistently pedal the upright bike at therapy full rotations for 90 sec. then POOF it looks like a melon.
We are working on the muscle strength now. Everything is so atrophied and having to pull diff angles since the TKR but I can feel such a difference.
Can do stairs slowly up and down foot over foot about 90% of the time. Still struggle to get in and out of most vehicle front seats.
Still not back to work but I’m volunteering a lot with my fav charity in tasks that mimic my job. I find out early June when I can go back.
All in all seeing the little victories daily but getting super bummed out about what I still can’t do
Been sneaking peeks in here to catch up on some of the old gang and notice how many have moved on. So proud of everyone. Will pop back in again at some point but wanted to say hi