6 weeks today! This last week has seen an improvement over the previous week where it seemed to be going backwards. A few days resting until the knee calmed down after it's objection to my treatment of it and now incorporating some gentle exercises gradually over a few days and doing a little more indoors the past 2 days, but stopping as soon as knee hurts or feels tight and icing and elevating straight away.
Sleep has improved and I'm getting between 6 & 7 hours with one loo break on the whole. I took piriton for 3 nights and wrapped clingfilm round the joint, but left out the piriton the last couple of nights and still slept. I might try leaving off the cling film to see if that does make any difference.
Pain varies on a daily basis as to where it is, severity, stiffness and according to what I'm doing. Sometimes it's an ache on the inside or back of the knee, sometimes pain on the outside, sometimes the hip. I have a new game on waking, trying to decide where the pain might hit today!
It keeps me amused. Standing is still not brilliant. By the time I've made my breakfast, washed and dressed the knee lets me know I need to get off it.
Today I ventured out on the local bus to the shops with my trusted personal shopper aka my husband
to carry the goods. Standing waiting for the bus was the worse part for the knee. The rest went smoothly and walking through the streets stretched the leg out.
I'm still taking paracetemol 6 hourly, although feel I might be able to extend it to 8 hourly or reduce the dose, but will leave it until I find out how the visit to PT goes on Wednesday.
Sometimes it is an effort to remain patient with the speed of recovery. I'm trying to focus on one day at a time, but that proves difficult when invitations come in and I can't help but wonder if I'll be up to them by then. Time will tell!