@Nay Nay My knee is still a little tight. Right now as I sit in an easy chair with my knees pulled up, I feel something that to me feels like it would if you had strong tape across the top. When I bend it a little more than normal I get an achy feeling and I have occasional sort of throbbing pains that usually don’t last long. These are about a 3-5 on the pain scale, more often 3. I have not had an issue with zingers yet but I’m sure it’s coming. That said, when I have a fairly strenuous PT, my whole leg aches and the pain level climbs up. I usually do this at least every other week if not every week. I’m just happy if it goes away after a day. The worst issue I’ve had lately was after doing step ups in the water, my glute stayed “activated“ for about 30 hours. Not completely in a cramp but almost. I finally got a little relief by using a foam roller - and it was pretty difficult to get on the foam roller but at that point I was a little desperate.
I am working at my desk a little this week and after 2 hours I need to come down and use ice. I still put ice on my knee 2-3 times before bedtime and a few times throughout the day as needed. It’s easy because I use an ice machine. Most of the time this works great to relieve whatever pain I’m having.
For me I am a lot less stressed by symptoms I do have since this is my second rodeo, so I know “this too shall pass”. Also I am still trying to allow myself to rest vs trying to get too much done. I can probably write in the dust in some areas of my house!
The other thing that I think “helps” me is that I waited so long to get this one done that I was in a lot of pain presurgery to the point where some days every step was like getting stabbed in the knee. And had lower back pain because of my horrible gait. Just going to the back of Walgreens to pick up a prescription was becoming a MAJOR ordeal. So (except when I overdo things) I feel better now than before surgery, and I don’t have any doubt that I needed this. I still have some back issues but they are less than before. This may not seem encouraging if you didn’t wait as long as I did, except to tell you how it might have been without the surgery if you kept getting worse like I did. I wish I could have done it sooner but my first knee was delayed due to COVID, and my second due to work and family issues.
This may be more than you wanted to know but trying to give you a picture or where I am. And remember everyone heals at a different rate so you will get there!
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