I thought I's stop by for a quick update. I'm just over 6 months and saw my OS this week. I won't go back until my year mark. The past few weeks have been very frustrating. My knee seems to be really mad that I'm wearing clothes that touch it and my scar is being very tender and sensitive. But it's cold, so Ms. Knee is going to have to get over it. I think more of the nerves are waking up so my knee cap and surrounding area are more sore than usual. I'm also at another standstill with my ROM. My flexion is hovering around 100-105 with a VERY tight quad and MCL. My extension is still around 5-7. My OS still says everything is fine and he's not at all worried. He took x-rays, everything looks great, healing well. He says there's still swelling (even though that's supposed to be better after 6 months), so I'm back to being more diligent with the ice machine. He says my muscles were a mess prior to surgery so it's just taking longer. I'm still at PT about once a week, and doing Pilates once a week to help stretch things out. I'm going to try dry needling to see if that makes any difference with this stupid quad.
My biggest frustration is that I still can't walk down stairs foot over foot. That's literally all I want to do and I'll be completely satisfied with this surgery. But the stiffness just isn't going away. If I sit or lie down with my leg straight for too long it's sore and hurts to bend. If I'm sitting up too long, then I can't get it very straight. I just don't understand why there's not more progress. I know, I know, it takes a year to recover, blah, blah, blah. But at 6 months, I'm very frustrated that things aren't progressing. In fact, in some areas they feel worse. So I'm trying to do my exercises without joining the over did it club. And I'll go back to icing more. And I'll try to find patience and not compare myself to others who are pretty much healed by 6 months and doing just fine. But it just sucks sometimes, ya know?