bumleg
junior member
Hi all, its me again. Bumleg. I have more questions. Since I am still limping around and it seems to be because my leg won't fully extend is there any other exercises I can do to help increase the ROM? I also still have swelling on the front and medial side,just below my knee. Could that being limiting my extension ROM? I am doing the stretches, and leg lifts so that when I finally get to have surgery I will be ready. I have started limiting portions, eating only when I'm hungry and laying off of some of the junk food that I like so well since I can't seem to make myself stick to a strict program. The lbs are coming off slowly but at least they're conming off. My current OS wanted me to lose 30 lbs and that is my goal right now. I have finally gotten all of my records from my current OS and will be sending them to the new one so he can review them and decide if he will see me. I'm hoping I'll get to get a new knee sometime this summer while my daughter is out of school so she can help me. As you know the knee only hurts when its walked on and every-thing else hurts when I'm on my feet too long. Its a wonder I can lose any weight at all. I didn't eat a lot before and to try to lose the weight weight quickly I would have to practically starve myself. I get frustrated feeling like I'm in a catch 22 situation. I will keep on doing what I am doing and exercising as much as I can and hopefully I will get there eventually. In the meantime I have been reading the forums and coming up with more questions to ask the new OS. Thanks for all of your help,and encouragement on the TKR journey.