Physical Therapy Session #1 is Finally Scheduled

After several phone calls, I finally got my Physical Therapy referral taken care of.  It's crazy how difficult they made it considering the rehab center is in the same building as my doctor's office.

Anywho, my first session will be on June 26th.  I'm trying not to focus on the fact that it has been nearly a month and I have yet to regain any sort of ROM.  I was not given a CPM machine so I've been resting my leg on a towel placed on the floor and trying to gently slide it back and forth to get some blood pumping.  However, I have only managed to get to about 30 degrees... on a good day.  I am a little worried to do more as I do not want to do anything to hinder the development of my fake cartilage.  Perhaps I would be just fine doing a little more but... I'm not the one with a medical degree.

I've been doing relatively well the last couple of weeks.  I have my days where my knee just aches and others where all of the muscles in my leg feel non-existent.  I still try to use my ice machine on a daily basis but some days I am forced to take a break from it.  Whenever I ice and I wish to disconnect for a few minutes whether it is for a bathroom break, to let the dogs out, etc. I have to use my crutches as I am still not able to put any weight on my right leg unless I am strapped into my locked brace (I'll tell you about my sweet crutches here in a bit).  So I try to get everything done around the house before I settle down to ice because once I do, I am down for the count.

I ran out of pain medication about a week ago so I have only been taking Tylenol twice a day (once when I lay down at night and again in the morning to relieve that stiff achey-ness).  The first couple of days were a little rough as my pain has become so sporadic.  But my body adjusted just fine... or maybe my pain tolerance has just increased, who knows?

Okay, so back to my crutches.  I have been on crutches several times so I am familiar with the correct way to fit them and whatnot but sometimes crutches just hurt.  For anyone that is facing a significant amount of time on crutches, can I give you one piece of advice?  CRUTCHEZE!  They don't make crutches enjoyable but they certainly make them a little less awful.

So long boring ugly crutches!!