Aaaaand reduced meds is still a bad idea; lack of sleep from waking up in pain is not much fun at all.
I've had funner.
So reluctantly resuming, for a while anyway.
Went for a walk yesterday in the more hilly parts of the local park, still fairly light stuff but my most demanding walk since the Op. Went OK, other than the lack of sleep mentioned above, though I think that was more the lack of meds than the extra exercise.
One big victory - my wife says I have my sexy, confident walk back
A lot of the time I can pretty much forget about the knee, other times it's still annoying painful and stiff. For example I CAN walk downstairs normally - but I'm mostly still clutching the banisters, letting the knee go sideways and generally favoring Nefty, especially in the mornings.
Can drive with zero issues at all - until I have to get out of the car in slow motion.
Today wandered around a shopping mall, no issues or problem, until sitting down in a coffee shop. Felt relieved to sit down, almost unexpectedly, then suffered 'restless leg syndrome' in that no particular position was comfortable, especially as the tables had a wide base interfering with my foot placement. Righty didn't care but every few minutes Nefty demanded I move around a bit.
Kind of feel in a weird limbo, where I'm so close to being back to normal, and yet still so darn fragile and tender. Can sum the feeling and situation up by what happened with my father in law tonight...
Went to visit and drop off some food for the in-laws, and my father in law was on the sofa counting out tablets for his wife. I sat beside him and we chatted, including me mentioning the variety of my own pain meds and another med to protect my stomach from those meds, that I had tried reducing but seems the knee is still too tender etc. Then it was time to leave so said goodbye, and in a manly and friendly way he returned the sentiment - and gave my knee a good slap!
I yelped a bit, he suddenly remembered and apologized, which I waved away as he clearly forgot and off we went, me easing myself slowly into the car.
That kind of sums it all up; I'm so back to normal and yet still so far away from it!
Question - I've booked a seaside hotel for new year's 30th December until 1st Jan, which includes a semi-public pool (shared by 8 chalets). That will be about 5 weeks post-op; should be OK for swimming?
Right now there are still some scabs on the lower section of the incision, the ones higher up have been rubbed off by my trousers. I'm showering as normal now, but there's a lot more water pressure, and other people's germs, in a swimming pool.
Sez you?