Yesterday was my 2 month mark. Everything is still progressing nicely. I’d say I’m still far from full recovery, but back to at least some semblance of normal. I’ve had a few 10,000 step days over the last week. Some of that included doing some work in my home woodshop, so a couple hours at a time on my feet. I do still get pretty tired. I also noticed that if I have a couple of 10,000:step days in a row the knee gets pretty tight and swells just a little bit. Right now it seems to be a matter of finding just the right balance of activity, pushing things slightly to build up the strength but not so much that it causes an “off day.” Yesterday was what I’d call an off day. I was a lot stiffer than I had been and moving noticeably slower, but not in pain by any means.
We have some rain coming in tomorrow. The last time we had rainy weather I definitely felt it. It will be interesting to see how I do tomorrow.
The nice thing for me is that being self-employed, I can come and go from work whenever I need to. My routine since going back has been coming home for an extended lunch, taking a short walk, and having a 20-30 minute icing and relaxation session before going back for a couple hours. I think that routine has helped a lot.