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I hit a milestone today in physical therapy and did an exercise I haven't been able to do since before the surgery. It involves standing and balancing on the bad leg, and tossing a ball back and forth with the therapist. I also went up and down on a short step, leading with the bad leg both up and down. My therapist said I am making real ( Read more... )

I was temporarily frustrated with my progress on the knee front, before I saw my PT yesterday and she assured me that I'm right where I need to be and that I'm being too hard on myself (as I am apt to be). She said I should be on schedule to ditch the crutches (and the brace) by next week, which makes me happy. I'm actually feeling like I don't ( Read more... )

I return to work tomorrow. I've been getting pretty stir crazy around here, so I'm looking forward to doing something other than sitting on the couch, but it's going to be lonely there because the whole design team is still abroad (including my boss). Tomorrow and Friday are probably going to be spent surfing the net and looking through magazines ( Read more... )

I'm being really diligent about doing my exercises and getting stronger every day. I'm hoping I'm off these crutches sooner rather than later, because they're really pissing me off. If you've never had to use crutches, you probably don't know that the damn things: a) give you permanent bruises on the heels of your hands, b) hurt underneath your ( Read more... )

More reasons I'm turning into an octogenarian as a result of this surgery ( Read more... )

It's post-op day two and I'm feeling much better than I was yesterday. I developed a fever halfway through the afternoon that made me alternately hot, cold, achy and completely exhausted. Apparently that's a normal post-surgery symptom (I wouldn't have to report it unless it was over 101.5 degrees, and it was just 99), but I was miserable for ( Read more... )

I'm home now. The surgery went well, though he started a little bit later than I thought he would (I had to be there at 10AM and ended up in the OR around 12:30 or so). I had them give me enough tranquilizer to put me completely to sleep during the surgery, and I didn't even feel them put the spinal in me for the epidural. I woke up briefly in ( Read more... )

The surgery is Wednesday. I'm assuming morning, because that's usually when scheduled surgeries occur, but I won't find out what time until Tuesday afternoon. My mom comes down Tuesday night to stay through Saturday, and Darren is also taking off from work the day of the surgery. Then my dad and stepmom come down for the weekend and are planning ( Read more... )

I'm feeling a bit better about this whole thing. I'm quite mobile on the bum leg now, walking instead of limping, but always wearing the brace for stability. I go in for pre-operation physical therapy starting Monday, at a place right around the corner from my office. The people on the phone seemed super nice and the place takes my insurance, so ( Read more... )