Day 2. Progress
The knee was rather stiff when I woke up. I had 4 aspirin and now the pain seems to be down a little. Flexibility is up quite a bit. I'm walking on the leg now with some assistance from the crutches.
While I didn't get any instructions for PT (rather I was just told to come in next Tuesday) I decided to start on my own PT regime loosely following what Dr. Shelbourne had me doing after surgery number 2. While I'm not doing it as often, I am doing it maybe 3-4 times a day. I'm doing towel stretches, leg lifts and quad tightening.
Right now I'm almost up to 90*.
As with almost everything through Week 2. Infinitely better than #1 and slightly worse than #2.
Swelling is under good control:
I did find a good use for my plethora of Cactus cups. They make excellent ice containers. They also last much longer than just cubed ice. I have about 6 in rotation in the freezer so I can get a solid one.
One trick I've found to the CryoCuff to get the longest amount of time out of it: Fill the container with water and attach the Cuff (while it's off your body). Lift up the cooler as high as you can to fill the Cuff completely full. Disconnect and drain out all excess water. Fill the cooler with as much ice as you can and still close the lid. Now drain all the water back into the cooler and put the cuff on. You should have minimal have any 'extra' water now in the container.
(This may not work if you use the Auto Chill)
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Transitioning from laying to standing is the worst. You can feel all the blood rushing to your knee and the pain just goes right up. After about 3-4 minutes when the body adjusts to you standing the pain goes away and everything feels fine.
I'd say that I'm 80% weight bearing. I haven't had any drugs since I woke up, but took more ibuprofens to control swelling.
While I didn't get any instructions for PT (rather I was just told to come in next Tuesday) I decided to start on my own PT regime loosely following what Dr. Shelbourne had me doing after surgery number 2. While I'm not doing it as often, I am doing it maybe 3-4 times a day. I'm doing towel stretches, leg lifts and quad tightening.
Right now I'm almost up to 90*.
As with almost everything through Week 2. Infinitely better than #1 and slightly worse than #2.
Swelling is under good control:
I did find a good use for my plethora of Cactus cups. They make excellent ice containers. They also last much longer than just cubed ice. I have about 6 in rotation in the freezer so I can get a solid one.
One trick I've found to the CryoCuff to get the longest amount of time out of it: Fill the container with water and attach the Cuff (while it's off your body). Lift up the cooler as high as you can to fill the Cuff completely full. Disconnect and drain out all excess water. Fill the cooler with as much ice as you can and still close the lid. Now drain all the water back into the cooler and put the cuff on. You should have minimal have any 'extra' water now in the container.
(This may not work if you use the Auto Chill)
-
Transitioning from laying to standing is the worst. You can feel all the blood rushing to your knee and the pain just goes right up. After about 3-4 minutes when the body adjusts to you standing the pain goes away and everything feels fine.
I'd say that I'm 80% weight bearing. I haven't had any drugs since I woke up, but took more ibuprofens to control swelling.
Labels: recovery, status update
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