Hello everyone!... hope everyone had an enjoyable Easter and looking forward to a great spring!
The weather here in Connecticut has been quite pleasant although a little wet.... but that's Spring in New England....
I was seven weeks post-op yesterday and have seen a good uptick in my quad strength this week. It is still very weak and remains sore most of the time... but it's a good muscle soreness. I was able to ride 5 miles on stationary bike on Monday in 21 minutes with an average heart rate of 110 and average power of about 120 watts.... the power is about 50-60% of my normal average. For those not so familiar with power ratings, it's how hard you are working or in my case the difficulty of the ride. I felt I could have easily done 10 miles.... but I held back ... not wanting to rejoin the ODIC.
The only meds I currently take is one 325 mg aspirin daily... one 300 mg gabapentin at bed time ... and two 650 mg Tylenol twice daily. Seems my pain level has decreased somewhat this week.
I'm not having to ice much at all these days. Only about once or twice daily usually after PT. Swelling seems to be under control. I do have some stiffness but try to stretch that out whenever I can.
I am back in my office at my desk everyday now... so no more juggling the computer, coffee... phone, etc in the bed anymore. .... nor having to squint my eyes on the small laptop computer screen...
I'm having to work on my extension quite a bit as that seems to be giving me the most difficulty.
My goal for this weekend is to go on a nice.... easy 5 mile OUTDOOR bike ride... this will be the first of the season and the first post-op.
Hope I can keep it "between the ditches"....
Hope everyone has a great weekend!!