I hit the two month post-op mark on Sept 22! As the days go by, the progress is becoming less and less apparent while the issues that didn’t exist before are becoming more and more obvious. In addition, I am not able to devote my time to therapy like I did before, be it due to work load or due to other factors.
The issues that are cropping up are scar tissue and numbness around the incision area; pain in the foot (became prominent after calf raises) and pain in the heel of the other foot (non-surgical leg – became prominent with performing hamstring curls on the surgical leg).
I am working on the scar tissue and trying to massage away the numbness – but, it is not a good feeling right now. I just hope the numbness goes away – it is a weird pain. The pain in my feet has limited the walking even though I am trying to walk every other day as much as I can.
The physical therapy sessions are continuing at twice a week schedule. Adding an exercise here and an exercise there. The best part of the routine is the massage – I am only doing this therapy for that one reason – even though the exercises do help. The walking is becoming normal, although I am very conscious of my gait. Stiffness still persists when I get up in the morning and after long periods of work (sitting). I am able to do a lot more things than before – many times not thinking too much about the knee.
My next goal is to get some jogging/running into my schedule but that has to wait till November first week when I see my doctor. Will post again in the next couple of weeks with pictures.
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