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This is awesome! Can't keep a Dodie down for long.
6 years agoWow! So impressive...so glad you are feeling better! Can’t keep you down for long.😊
6 years agoThanks Janet (and Jack). Are you plotting another adventure soon?
6 years agoSpeedy recovery Dodie.......the first week is the hardest I’m sure!!
Janet
Yay! No strap is a big step... Keep up the good work.
6 years agoThis is some very small improvement today. One big thing for peace of mind is that we have now developed a system to manage the meds - dosages, times, and tracking what was actually taken when. This is the first time in our young lives that we have had to deal with piles of vials.
6 years agoThanks Bill!
6 years agoHang in there! From what my friends who have had knee replacements say, the first two weeks, they regretted doing it... But in the end, they were really glad they did.
6 years agoBack to the Future hover board, though, would need the modification as shown. Better to get a used skateboard from a kid who has outgrown the sport and does not know he may need it again in fifty years.
6 years agoAh yes, it's hard to be patient. We have trails to ride, and whole countries left unexplored!
6 years agoPatience! I know about the knee bend problem, from my experience with a ruptured quad tendon a decade ago. Different operation of course and with a longer recovery - your knee is kept immobile for about the first month, but it takes time to get full flexibility back. Mine eventually improved to 170 degrees (close to my pre-injury flexibility), but I was still experiencing swelling for nearly two years.
6 years agoShould be easy to find a skate board or even an over board at your place ...
Gute Besserung.
Michel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qfYWDEMSf4
That is a great bend Dodie. One really good way to help is to sit on a chair with your foot on a skate board and gradually roll the skate board back and forward. Your next challenge will be the stationery bike with the seat at its highest level you just rock the pedals back and forward. An amazing sense of accomplishment when you get the pedal right over. took me almost 4 weeks last time. Knee replacements aren't for whimps but are certainly worth it in the end. My article on that other site gives a very honest account of the progress with my fight knee
Love
Tricia
If I have it right, turning the crank all the way is 110 degrees, so Maun's standard is tougher than Tricia's. Both seem far off, after a tough day today, but progress should accelerate!
6 years ago
So glad to hear you are passed that first awful phase Dodie. Can you turn the pedals on the bike right over yet? I think that once you can do that you are almost there. hope you are managing to get a bit of sleep at night
6 years agoLove
Tricia