AustraliaHi @JojoFitness
Hope your physical wasn't too bad. I hate those fasting blood tests. You get so hungry, you start to feel nauseous!
I hope your appetite returns soon and you are able to eat more than dry crackers.
I also still have pain; more like a bad toothache in the knee, if you know what I mean. I think, if I could take Diclofenac, I'd feel more comfortable but it just upsets my stomach too much. So, like you, I am only really on Panadol (Tylenol, I think, is the same).
However, I am not worried in the slightest. Bonesmart has taught me to just relax and not be bothered. Everything is healing in its own time.
My flexion is at 118 and the physio said that's more than adequate. She's given me a step which I must use, stepping up with the operated leg and down with the other one. Then I must do it sideways. It's surprising how much discomfort this causes so I only do it twice a day, ten repetitions. The only reason I persist is that I want to be able to climb my daughter's staircase and my house has no stairs at all for practice.
I hope this is not out of order, but I wonder if you're a regular gym goer? A very good friend of mine is super fit and exercises (running) for hours every week. She fell and broke her wrist very badly, ending up with a six hour operation and a wrist full of hardware. Coming down from her "runners high" meant she was very anxious, depressed and upset. She didn't understand why she felt so bad and needed sleeping pills for the first time ever. I explained about the exercise endorphins and how her body was probably in a bit of shock, when the exercise stopped for many weeks.
I'm not for a minute saying this is you, but if you're used to a lot of exercise then have to cut back drastically, it can affect you and make you anxious.
If you feel this might apply to you, rest assured, as soon as the knee heals you will be back to your old self. My friend isn't running nowadays but has bought a semi recumbent e bike and spends hours cycling all over Queensland! She's got her top level of fitness back, too.
Hope your physical wasn't too bad. I hate those fasting blood tests. You get so hungry, you start to feel nauseous!
I hope your appetite returns soon and you are able to eat more than dry crackers.
I also still have pain; more like a bad toothache in the knee, if you know what I mean. I think, if I could take Diclofenac, I'd feel more comfortable but it just upsets my stomach too much. So, like you, I am only really on Panadol (Tylenol, I think, is the same).
However, I am not worried in the slightest. Bonesmart has taught me to just relax and not be bothered. Everything is healing in its own time.
My flexion is at 118 and the physio said that's more than adequate. She's given me a step which I must use, stepping up with the operated leg and down with the other one. Then I must do it sideways. It's surprising how much discomfort this causes so I only do it twice a day, ten repetitions. The only reason I persist is that I want to be able to climb my daughter's staircase and my house has no stairs at all for practice.
I hope this is not out of order, but I wonder if you're a regular gym goer? A very good friend of mine is super fit and exercises (running) for hours every week. She fell and broke her wrist very badly, ending up with a six hour operation and a wrist full of hardware. Coming down from her "runners high" meant she was very anxious, depressed and upset. She didn't understand why she felt so bad and needed sleeping pills for the first time ever. I explained about the exercise endorphins and how her body was probably in a bit of shock, when the exercise stopped for many weeks.
I'm not for a minute saying this is you, but if you're used to a lot of exercise then have to cut back drastically, it can affect you and make you anxious.
If you feel this might apply to you, rest assured, as soon as the knee heals you will be back to your old self. My friend isn't running nowadays but has bought a semi recumbent e bike and spends hours cycling all over Queensland! She's got her top level of fitness back, too.
