It looks like this account is going to be one which moves back and forth in time. Meds, discomfort and lagging energy keep me from being able to manage a keyboard or concentrate long enough to complete a post, so I have a few lines down covering the past 19 days.
Today I had my first physical therapy gym class - a sort of circuit class with others in various stages of recovery from knee replacements. I am the only bi-lateral total knee replacement in the group - going for 2 is a rarity according to the PT staff I have met. My flexibility is very good, got my knee flat back which is a goal and still working hard on the rest of the of the bendy stuff.
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| Ice machines strapped on - feels so good! |
What people mean when they talk about the pain of knee replacement is the achy/stiff feeling of the knee and surrounding tissues.. There is occasionally sharper pain, but the constant ache and stiffness is what causes sleeplessness and for me at least, around the clock restlessness - the need to stretch, bend and move to relieve the ache. I have been reducing the use pain meds - Percoset - down to just a few a day. And use my ice machines 4-6 times a day.
But I managed to comlete this whole post - so fewer pain meds are ging me my brain back!
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