Dad's here helping out for a few days. It's great to have him here - he cut the back grass (which has needed it for about 6 weeks because of all the rain), and he changed the oil in my truck (which has also needed it for about 6 weeks). We went back to the surgeon today for my first follow up appointment to see how things are progressing. He explained in better detail about the procedure and since I wasn't completely jacked up on various narcotics, I actually understood what he said this time. After some x-rays, they removed the initial dressing, cleaned up the sutures a bit and reset the brace. Here's what it looks like under the bandage:
I have gotten quite a bit of mobility back but I still have a ways to go. Now that the dressing is off, I can bend it about 35 to 40 degrees. I'd like to be closer to 90 degrees in 3 weeks. Physical therapy begins Monday. The therapist is highly recommended and is nationally recognized in the orthopedics and Pilates world. I'm hoping that her Pilates background will help me restore core strength and lead to quicker recovery.
As for this weekend, I have made it to the recommended reps/sets on the initial exercises and I'll keep doing those until the PT says otherwise.
No No my friend....the picture, it is...ahhhh...how you say? Tooooo sexy.
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