At 7 1/2 weeks and mammoth day tomorrow travelling up to Sydney for first OS appt since op. 6 hours in the car means I may not have happy campers in the evening, but will take some meds with me, gel packs in esky, and make sure we take stops so I don't freeze in bent knees position
After a really long shower with lovely hot water on my knees tonight, I measured my ROM -Left 126ยบ Right 108ยบ. Very happy about that. Still having some big pain issues with right knee, and it doesn't seem to line up correctly, so OS can check it out and put my mind at ease tomorrow.
Left knee is awesome, and I love not having bone on bone pain anymore in that joint.
Progressing slow and steady, work wants me to do 3 days training on 23rd, which I would also have to fly to. I can't do it yet. 12 hours/day standing on concrete floors hmmmmm. I am going to ask for time until mid April 12 week mark.
Still get stiff and swollen etc, still elevating and icing, still have bit of a limp, working on that. Sleep still around 3 hourly, did manage 8 hours last night which was bliss (think I was really really really tired!!) Still taking some meds. Oh yes still using toilet raiser.
But, I can do so much more, and so many things easier than last week and the week before, especially all the little things that we sometimes take for granted. Step by step we get there. Sometimes joining the ODIC even for no reason, sometimes we take steps back, but we edge forward bit by bit. I still need to listen to my body and my knees and heed the times to "put feet up, relax and smell the roses. Need to be patient (trying to be)
Another day of healing tomorrow.
Night
Diane
Australia
and go ice up, there is always tomorrow.
