Gosh, I almost thought these nights of not being able to sleep were completely behind me, but no... I've given up just laying here, trying to sleep and have decided to do some reading on BoneSmart.
Just past 15 weeks.
My knee is still pretty uncomfortable when I'm out and about walking. When I first get up in the morning I bend and straighten/stretch, but that first walk to the bathroom is very sore and stiff - I still use my cane then. However, I can definitely be up and about more than I was a few weeks ago.
I go up steps really well, I come down them leg over leg, but slowly and using the one rail pretty much. Going both directions, my natural knee hurts with the OA pain so it is a wonderful feeling knowing Ms bionic knee feels none of that. She just needs to continue to get stronger.
I've been going to the pool 3 days a week. I swim a few laps but don't kick and I do other slow water movements and stretching. I may start doing a small, easy flutter kick soon. I'm also going to start doing the water class on Mon/Fri as it's the easier one and I can do only what I feel I can do and do it at my own pace. Getting 5,000+ steps on pool days and 4,000+ steps on non pool days. Twice I've hit 6,000 (on a pool day) and didn't feel any more discomfort than normal. Icing and elevation take care of it. I do make it a point to walk up to the chicken coop daily since this includes a long incline. Going up feels great, coming down, I'm slow and a little tender. I believe half of this knee recovery is stretching stretching stretching!
All in all, I have less discomfort now (notice - discomfort has replaced the word pain). I have stopped the Tramadol but have continued on Tylenol most all hours of the day. I wish I could say I was pain free but not 100% yet. I am still taking the Meloxicam for inflammation but may try to take every other day in order to take less of it, I'm just not sure how much swelling it is controlling and I hate that I've taken it for so long - couple of years on a daily basis.
The wedding is two weeks away... I still do hope and pray for even more improvements by then. I'm sure I will have some. It's going to be a long couple of days (the venue is just over 1 hour from our house and we have to come home each night for the animals) but I do plan on packing a couple of ice packs for the wedding day (4-5 hours pre wedding and then the actual wedding/reception is 5 hours). Maybe alcohol will help!
Going to read now and hopefully find more of those
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Your recipe for staying out of the ODIC sounds pretty much like the last 7 months of my life. that's why all my clothes are getting too tight. lol I am glad you get to see your OS this week. Let me know what he has to say. I don't go back to mine until the 2 of May, and have also thought about trying to get in sooner.
