Today is 7 weeks. It's been several days since I've needed to ice or spend time with LD. Just normal elevating in a standard recliner has been enough.
I still can't sleep on my side.
The tremendous swelling of my whole leg has finally moved on, although I'm sure there will be on and off swelling around the knee based on my activity. I can wear my normal compression stockings, although it still gets more uncomfortable than usual after about half the day.
I finally feel that I've achieved equilibrium with basic systems and functions. I have a task list for the day and I woke up ready and able to get it done.
The two small spots on my incision that haven't quite sealed up look really good and should be healed by the end of the week.
Today is my last PT session for this knee. I probably should have cancelled it and saved the session for the next round. But if I cancel now, I still get docked, so I might as well go. I already have PT scheduled for the next knee with the same guy I've been seeing. I know that will go well.
I've begun regularly using the new knee for stairs. Up goes easy. Down is not as comfortable, but I have a 4 footed cane that I've started using to help and that makes me feel more secure. I'm already much more inclined to go up stairs as I feel I need to, rather than asking Beloved to fetch me things or just waiting until the end of the day. That is huge for me.
Today is a run to pick up what I need to make more ice packs. We had some attrition the last go round. Making your own is super cheap, so it's easy enough to just make a few more. Also stocking up on some household things to make it easier for Beloved while I can't drive.
I am so excited about knitting!!! I was right about my hands already having the muscle memory for tensioning, so it was just a matter of figuring out the right tension for the project. And learning the actual stitches. I worked on it on and off for 2 days and went from
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. I have officially designated myself Not Terrible. I've now started my first novice project which will be a completely boring scarf just to practice the stitches, build up the muscles in my hands, and I expect I'll learn how to un-knit and fix dropped stitches. All the basics are very important. Having the patience to learn them properly was something I didn't get any good at until probably my mid 30s. Now it's pretty easy, especially as I don't have anything better to do!