TKR - END OF WEEK 7 POST OP - FEELING GRUMPY
So here I am on a down cycle. Thursday of this week, I got up feeling great and did a 20 minute walk and definitley paid for it Friday/ and today. I mentioned before the stairs in my home. We have 12 going up to the bedrooms and 14 going down to garage/laundry etc. It's so part of my life it never occurred to me that I should count it in my PT. My neighbor said, "I bet you get plenty of PT with all the stairs" and a light went on! I have set up camp upstairs in my bedroom beause it is the most comfortable and private and I'm not right next door to the kitchen LOL! so I get up and down alot and when I feel normal I do shopping (haul up groceries) and/or walk and then a flare up. While I believe you should be using your knee and working it, at this stage putting extra activities is just stupid. So, in conclusion after the extra healing takes place from my walking excursion, I'm not going to be doing the walks or the mulitple errands. If I feel good, I will do one thing and add in all the up/down stairs.
I think my PT person should tell you: "if you have stairs count that as excercise!" Or maybe it is obvious and I have just been clueless -- LOL
But this site has emphasized the take it easy approach especially in the early stages.
So I am pretty grumpy today and snippy at my husband and jealous that he got to go to a memorial service today (so you know I'm being unreasonable- HA!) I'm icing and taking it very easy, like my job right now is to heal and that means minimal use of knee.
@CapnRic I love the description of the surgery, that also helps me realize what my poor knee has gone through! and yah, I still think I'm 28 years old and it's shocking to me that I am so laid up and I have to do it all over again with my left knee that is TOTALLY ACTING UP!
So if you are reading this just know I wanted to cuss all throughout this post, but I'm restraining myself. It's just a big fat rant about this crazy healing process. Like "haha, I tricked you! YOU thought you were O.K. and could do things, but NOOOO you will pay!" thanks for letting me whine and moan and groan. Maybe tomorrow I will get out and do ONE thing and then spend the rest of the day HEALING.
Peace & Love TKR's