Drumroll………major milestone!!!!!
I have been working, sitting at computer much of the day, and not paying a lot of attention to my knee other than trying to get up once in a while and icing to combat the stiffness after sitting in one position too long. I did do a few step ups last week on a three inch step and then a four inch step, but I’m talking 10 reps maybe 3 times on each so not much. This morning for some reason I was going upstairs and without thinking I put my operated leg on the first step up. I realized it, thought “what the heck?” and tried it, and it didn’t hurt! I walked all the way up foot over foot for the first time!
For those not following my thread, I have been able to go down foot over foot for a long time but could not go up without having a sharp pain below my knee. I finally stopped going to PT because my very nice and normally not aggressive PT just kept pushing me about trying to do steps. I think she just could not believe I really couldn’t do them because I was doing well on most of the other milestones.
I think I still have some tendonitis or whatever the soreness on my shin is from, but the pain that was stopping me from going up stairs is gone. (Pretty sure it is although now after going upstairs 4-5 more times I’m a little twingy.)
Although I will never know for sure, I think my surgeon was right when he speculated that there was an internal incision that was slow to heal. He said the pain I had was right along the line of that incision. I also wonder if it didn’t heal as quickly because I injured it a little pushing too hard too early. I did have weights on my leg very early. And I did some steps in the water before I started having trouble on land.
Either way, it was really bothering me that I could not step up for so long - so as you can tell I’m excited about it!