I can’t believe it’s been five months. To some extent it seems like 2 years, but in some ways much less than 5 months. I feel like the last two weeks have seen a fair amount of improvement. I eliptical 3-4 miles per day, plus lift weights, do one legged knee bends, mini leg extensions, leg presses, etc… I may have gotten over enthusiastic with the resistence on the eliptical, because the last two days I have had a fair amount of swelling. Advil really does not help, so I am going to ask the doc for an anti inflammatory at my next visit (6 month visit). Some days I feel good enough to think I may run again. Some days I feel like that sounds impossible.
On an interesting note, my insurance company sent me a letter telling me that they were not coving the 70k cost for the carticel(!). Imagine my surprise since they had preauthorized the procedure. However, after I called and pointed out this inconsistency, they agreed that they had made a mistake and said they would re-run the claim… Good thing… Looks like the kid’s college fund is safe!
I am looking forward to a day when I do not think about my knee every 10 minutes, or feel it every minute. I feel like if I keep progressing, that in another two- three months I might be more or less as good as I was before the surgery and on my way to being actually better than I was. I am pointing out these things in the hope that if anyone ever reads this they will be better prepared with their expectations, and therefore not have the emotional turmoil which I experienced. My spirits are better than they were even two weeks ago and I am hopeful at this stage. Hope springs eternal. I actually picked up Runner’s world off my mail pile without immediately pitching it in the rycyling bin this week… baby steps…
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