I am at a month after injury. I have been going to PT 1-2 times/week. I am only using the crutches/brace if I plan to be on it a lot. I think it is probably about as good as it is going to get before surgery. I have lost a degree or two on my extension. my PT says this is probably a result of being less diligent about my home exercise routine. I can almost bring my foot all the way back to my butt if I wince and hold my breath. It is a little painful. I am going to the gym and working on a lot of leg strengthening stuff but doing less around the house.
The knee hurts at the base of my kneecap which worries me a little. I am afraid to extend my leg all the way because I get some pretty good shooting pains up and down my leg.
It is crazy to think that this happened a month ago. It means that I haven't walked properly or jumped or run or done anything active outside which is depressing. I am going to mow and bag the yard tonight which I am actually looking forward to.
Surgery is next Thursday (8 days). I wish I already had the operation behind me and I could work on getting back to normal. Danielle said that she will go to my pre op visit with the doc on Wednesday which is good since she knows 100x more about this than I do.
On a sidenote, I got a ghetto looking invoice from an orthodics place for my brace. They want $250 out of pocket for that effing thing. The person came in and fitted me with a brace moments after the doc told me I wouldn't be my normal semi-active self for over a year. The punk neglected to mention that I would be invoiced a few hundred dollars for the brace when he put it on me. I am pretty heated over this. I guess I will call my friends at BCBS to see why this wasn't covered. If that fails, I plan on calling the sneaky brace bastards and complaining. There is a reason the employees at the grocery store don't walk around dumping items in your cart. You don't see the cashier scanning extra packs of gum for you. I may have bad breath but that doesn't mean I want to pay for gum. What the hell!?!?
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