Taking some steps without an aide. That’s what I’m doing, not very well, but starting. In the kitchen, a little in the office, getting in the shower and it feels scary as the knee feels unstable. They removed my ACL in doing the surgery because I really don’t need it anymore so the knee feels like to wants to hyperextend, or “bend backwards.” It won’t, but it feels that way. My quads will take over the responsibility of that missing ligament, eventually. Right now the quad is feeling a little irritated because they cut through the middle of it, lengthwise, to allow the patella to be folded out of the way to access the joint. Pretty invasive.
I was talking to a friend who is 2 days post-replacement, and he is walking with only a cane. He is doing really well now that he has gotten some of his pain under control and I feel like he passed me up. But…..it’s not a competition. Every patient is different. And for me, each surgery was different. However, he did inspire me to take some of my own medicine (pun intended); I’m going to set a goal. One for now, short term, then the next.
“My goal is to walk without an aide to the end of the driveway and back by start of the Seahawks game on Sunday!” I will print this so I see it every day.
Thanks RT for the inspo! Keep up the fight!
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