Two Weeks Ago Today!
Today marks 2-weeks post op of getting my new knee. Took the bandage off one week ago. If you want to see pics, I’ll put them after the “keep reading.” The first is one week post-op and the second is today, 2 weeks post-op. (Didn’t want to gross people out that are sensitive to that kind of stuff. The pics aren’t gruesome, but it is a post op incision after all.)
Overall, I’d 100% do it again. It hurts a lot, it’s a shit ton of work, but the pain and limitations I had for years before were so much worse. Makes me kind of regret waiting so long, but I just wasn’t mentally ready before now.
At my PT appointment yesterday they measured my range at 0° extension and 110° flexion, and I’m not using a walker or cane. I’m doing lunges and squats, and the swelling and bruising has improved so much.
I know it’s part luck and part hard work, and I’ll take it. I can’t say enough how much the pre-op therapy and exercises helped.
It’s basically been a full time job after the surgery, with all the medicating, icing, elevating, stretching and exercising. I also could not have done it without my daughter. She’s been amazing. I cannot imagine how people do this without support.
It feels like a very long couple of weeks, but I’m so excited for what I’ll be able to do over the next few months! Yay for bionic joints!
