LittleBit
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- Joined
- Nov 11, 2023
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- Age
- 75
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- United States
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- Female
My surgeon recommended massaging the scar with vitamin E oil starting at 3 weeks. My PT showed me how to do it. I'm about a week ahead of you [RTKR 12/12] and have seen changes in the scar from week to week. I think it just takes time. On sleeping, I also recommend lots of pillows. Keep trying them in different places until you find a position that doesn't stress the knee. Sometimes putting a pillow behind my back or resting an arm on an extra pillow and definitely a pillow between the knees when on my side helped. You'll get there. One morning you will just wake up and realize you slept an hour longer, then two, then more. For extension, I just did a few quad "smushes" with my leg stretched out on an ottoman when I thought about it throughout the day. It is easy to get depressed about the progress. As hard as we try to move it along, so much of it just depends on our body's own timing. We are here to listen and share experiences.