Hi there! It’s been a while and I’ve been putting this off due to a fairly busy schedule. The big thing during this period has been that the knee has improved (including scar tissue). However, the heel (other leg) has been a big pain. It has limited my mobility significantly to the extent that I cannot walk even a few hundred yards. My PT has indicated that it could be “plantar fasciitis” and has been nice enough to massage it during my sessions. I’ve not been able to ice it down as suggested. However, now I am in a pretty bad phase with that heel. Just yesterday went to my physician for my routine appointment and he suggested that I get on Ibuprofen 600mg three times a day to reduce inflammation.
Back to the knee. I haven’t been able to maintain my exercises at home. The only things I do now are at the therapy sessions twice a week. Knee feels so much better – except that the stiffness persists. If I do heel slides for 15mins or so in the morning, it helps a lot with the mobility. Otherwise, it remains quite stiff during the course of the day. Other than that, the swelling is more or less gone; scar tissue has reduced quite a bit; waking up in the morning is a little painful for the first 5 mins (meniscus area); and, somewhat stiff once in a while. The other thing is that it does hurt if I sit for too long in the same position (at meetings) or if I am in the car for too long (driving). Still quite conscious of my stride and movement. Taking the stairs has become much easier – easier to go up than to come down. Doing lunges at the PT is painful. Generally, I feel much better with the knee. If my heel heals soon, I am looking forward to long walks.
Surgeon’s appointment is scheduled for Nov. 3. I am hoping he will let me do some jogging. Mentally I am quite prepared for doing everything – but, I keep reminding myself that I need to be ‘smart’ – surgeon’s word! Pictures next time –as I am quite busy right now! Until later…
Happy birthday Raghu mama :)
ReplyDeleteI must say, you write very very nicely :D