I had another round of phyisical therapy yesterday and I'm still hurting. You wouldn't think that walking backward on a treadmil would hurt so much. I think what really go me was the shuttle though. They upped the weight and it wasn't too bad using both legs, but when I switched to just the hurt one...I thought my knee was going to dislocate. We had to cut stop half way though the last exercise because I was hurting. I ended up just sitting or laying down the rest of the day once I got home.It hasn't been as bad today, but the knee keeps wanting to buckle if I'm on it too much. So I've been working on one of my bookcover commisions to keep off my feet as much as possible. Hopefully it will feel better tomorrow since I have to take all my stock photos tomorrow. ...
family life
busy, busy
I've had a fairly busy week so far. I've been working on several book covers for my friend Trana, so I've gotten a bit behind on posts. There are two more to finish tonight, and then I can get going on some product reviews & a new giveaway.Oh, the doctor visit for my knee when okay. I'm on my last ditch effort to avoid the knee surgery. I had to get the funky knee brace and will have to go for another 6 weeks of phyisical therapy. After that, if it's still not any better then I'll have to do the surgery. ...
Physical Therapy – Week 4 & 5
I think I've hit the wall as far has the phyisical therapy goes. While I've gotten some range of movement back, my knee just doesn't seem to be where it needs to be. The inner thigh muscle is getting a little stronger, but the outer still isn't moving at all. I'm not sure if anything is going to improve any more at this point. The therapist thinks that, with the ammount of time that went past between the MRI and my first visit to the doctor, there is probably a lot more damage then initially seen.I go again on Monday, then I have the follow-up visit with the doctor on Tuesday morning. I've got a pretty stong feeling that I'm going to end up needing to have the surgy done, so I told Jason to make sure that he is going to be home since we will more that likely be talking about money & payments. The therapist said that if that's the case, then I'll being keeping up with what I'm doing leading up to the surgery to make sure that everything is in the best possible condition going it. ...
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My schedule has gotten completely thrown off again. They put Jason back overnight as fill in co-manager until the new guy gets there, so I haven’t been able to sleep much. I hate it when he’s not home at night. Anyway, I somehow ended up with 3 or 4 product reviews that are due up this week… severe lack of foresight/planning on my part...so I will be working on getting those up tomorrow afternoon. Also, there are only 4 more days until the heart rate monitor giveaway ends. There is already over 150 entries so you better enter soon. ...
Phyisical Therapy – Weeks 1, 2, & 3
I know that I said that I would be keeping up with this better, but I've just been way too out of it. Oh well...better late than never. About three weeks ago, I started my physical therapy for my knee. On the day that I started I had little to no movement with my knee. I could not bend it or get it straight while standing or sitting/laying down. The therapist took some measurements and told me we were going to have a lot to work on and that the more of it I can do at home, the better off I'll be...especially if I do end up having surgery. The majority of the exercises I'm doing are stretches aimed at strengthening both my inner thigh muscle and my hip. I’m also walking backwards on a treadmill, peddling on a stationary bike and lifting light weights with my leg. The goal is that once those muscles get strong again, they will pull my knee cap back into place and it won’t be scraping stuff off anymore. So far, we’ve had some success. After a hard three weeks, I can now walk ...
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The past week has been crazy! Between the phyisical therapy and Jason going back on days, I just haven't been able to get anything done. I'm taking today to try to get as much posted up as possible so that I can get caught up with reviews & giveaways. ...