PT and post opp appt

It has been a while since my last entry and a lot has happened. I visited with one of the surgeons on Wednesday morning and I had PT on Wednesday and Friday. The surgeon said that everything went really well with my procedure and they were really happy with it. He checked out my knee and we looked at some of the images they took. I told him what my ROM was from Monday and he said that they really wanted to see that up to 90 soon. They wanted me off crutches in a couple weeks and out of the brace a week or two after that.

My Dad picked me up from home and took me to PT Wednesday night. I worked on the bike a little bit by doing some rocking as well as some other exercises. I felt much better than I did on Monday. I still had some swelling but the big good news was that I got my flexion up to 91 degrees. It was a huge step from Monday.

Friday I was back at PT. Again, I could tell a big difference from the previous visit. I was able to make a full rotation on the bike. My flexion was all the way to 109 degrees. I am still missing 3-4 degrees of straightening which is a huge concern. I was joking with Danielle that I feel like the measurements is kind of like the weigh in on the Biggest Loser... I have put up some pretty good numbers so far.

My knee/hamstring is still painful. I feel more comfortable when putting weight on my right leg. My hamstring feels more secure. Right after I got unwrapped, anytime I over extended my leg, I had this shooting pain through my hamstring. That is happening less and less. I still have a good amount of bruising around my knee and hamstring. I was on my feet a lot on Saturday and I felt like I was paying for it Saturday night. My legs felt like they were going to fall off when I got into bed on Saturday night.

I go in for PT again after work this evening. I hope that this is the last week that I need to bum rides off of people. It will be nice to drive myself around again. I feel better every day. I can't wait till I am able to walk around again with no pain. I can't wait to go ride my bike or go running or do anything. It has been almost 2 months since I have done anything more than hobble around and it has been driving me crazy...