My knee is really weird, looks like a blob of skin and bone, and I lost about an inch of muscle mass on my calf. :-( (You can see in the added photos how swollen it still is, and in the one photo that shows just one leg, you can see the bumps left on my left from my knee brace! I feel like a freak!) Don't want to think about how much smaller my quad is!! It's really weird too, when I poke around it feels like my joint is jell-o.
I'm afraid to start walking on my knee again, and it's like after my breast reduction- then, just the thought of changing clothes or taking a shower made me cry because I knew it would hurt. Now, I am on the verge of tears every time I even think about walking on my leg. The brace allows for 60 degrees of flexion (sp?) but I can barely even put my foot flat on the bed when I'm laying down... so my fear is- what if I take a step and slip or my leg gives out and the brace just lets my leg bend past what's comfortable?! I'll be a pile of tears and Melinda, with a soundtrack of choice expletives! So I'm still using my crutches, but it's frustrating.
I start PT as soon as I call to schedule my appt, and I'm not cleared for driving yet. *sigh* It's really nice to be out of the post-surgery bandages, and to be able to take my brace off and just let the air get to my poor, dried out leg. I have really cool photos of the inside of my knee- I was hoping for a DVD, but I will settle for a printed slide show!
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good luck with the rehab. knee surgery would not be fun!
by the way, trevin's cloth diapers are fuzzi bunz. your friends can get them at fuzzibunzonline.com. they've worked pretty well for me.
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