6 Weeks Post Surgery

I have been doing PT and my home exercises religiously and have gotten to 105 Flexion (normal 120). Can’t straighten leg all the way, but its getting better. Saw the doc today and he said to start placing 50% of my weight on the leg. That sounds painful. Apparently swellling and weird skin color are normal at this point. He said that in two weeks I will be crutch free (whooo hooo). That sounds unrealistic to me, but then again, I have made a lot of progress in the last two weeks – so if I keep it up, maybe so. In case anyone ever tries to sugar coat it — crutches suck. Sorry, no better way to say it. I do have quite buff arms now, but my lower body looks like it belongs to an old  lady with 75 cats in her house. I am not going to be wearing shorts above the knee anytime soon…. This last six weeks feels like six months in some ways and in some ways I can’t believe its been as long as it has. Well, focus forward, that is all that I can do – and try to find something to look forward to. I would say the biggest challenge after the initial physical agony is fighting off being depressed – especially for someone who was addicted to adreneline.  On the other hand, I am sure that placing 50% of my body weight on this feeble leg will give me a jolt of adreneline….

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