A bit over 4.5 months post op
@mlwreader - I'm still having issues with downstairs! Mostly I forget to try going foot over foot and start to do my shuffle down before remembering to switch but I'm sooooo slow.
Had family visiting this week so lots of walking and LOTS of lobster. Visitors sometimes go a bit nuts on the bugs when they see they are so cheap here. I've had to get quite creative on how to fix it so we don't get tired of it too.
Guess it's a very "1st world problem" when a 4 year old says "Lobster? AGAIN?"
Lots of walking which has been great. Last Thursday I drove my Aunt to Boston (1.5 hour drive with traffic) and we did most of The Freedom Trail. Almost 6 miles that day. Was sore but it only takes overnight for knees (mostly right one) to recover.
Took the "Cliff Walk" in Newport, RI for the first time this past Saturday. Did pretty good. Walking back went so much faster as we weren't stopping every couple of minutes to take pictures on way back to car. I was sore by the time I got home but, again, by the next morning I was back on track.
7 out of the past 10 days I've made my 10K steps goal, some days a couple of K more than that. I've been breaking the walks up into 3 walks a day but today I did a 2 mile morning walk and it was pretty good. I'm trying to get up the motivation to consistently do a solid 5 mile walk but I'm basically pretty lazy. Plus it's getting a lot warmer and I'm not good at waking up early to start the walks. Plus the mosquitos are vicious.
Right knee is still problem child but I can tell that my extension is slowly improving. I'm probably at -5. Left is pretty much a 0 so happy with that.
I'm not at the point of forgetting about my knees but I don't make my decisions on what to do depending on them. I decide what I want to do and then think how knees might respond. And then go ahead and do it anyway
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I work remotely and working at my desk is still the worst thing. I look like a little old lady when I first try to stand up and walk. Especially if I've been busy and don't get up and walk the knees every 45 min or so. But it does shake off after a few.
But I can see the end of the rainbow and it's a beautiful sight