desperate2run

Well – its been 6 months. I can’t believe what a long road this is. Saw the doctor and he said everything looked good. He opted to not perform an MRI until 1 year post op. I took that as a good sign that he did not think there were any real problems. My left quad is somewhat smaller than the “good” leg and definitely not as strong, but it’s progressing. I have been increasing the resistence on the eliptical and doing a lot of work with weights. Typical day involves 10- 15 minutes of weight lifting with my “bad” leg and 3-4 miles on the eliptical or like yesterday I biked outside for 6.5 miles. Still stiff when sitting a long time, still some swelling at the end of the day and stairs remain a challenge (gotta hold onto that hand rail for dear life!). I feel like its possible that I may feel normal again someday, and am starting to feel like I may at one point in the near future feel better than I did before surgery. My last PT visit was today – I went for 5 months – very consisently and now I am going to do my PT on my own at home. I’ll miss my wonderful PT guys and gals. Was it all worth it? Don’t know yet, I’ll know when I do my first run 6 months from now… I’ll update every month until then so that anyone out there reading this can get an idea of what recovery looks like long term. 🙂  This weekend I am off to a music festival where I will be on my feet for most of the weekend – hope that works out…

Tags: ACI Knee Recovery