After being able to do some walking (!) around my house this weekend with my husband for support, I decided to do one crutch at work on Monday. It went really well, but I moved SOOO much slower than with two crutches. I did it again Tuesday, but started having some sharp shooting pains in my knee, so I went back to 2 crutches in the afternoon. But even with 2 crutches, I still put weight on my leg. Today I had a meeting off-site so I used 2 crutches all day. It makes it so much easier to get around.
My ankle has completely stopped swelling up. I am really excited about that accomplishment. It still feels a little stiff though when I rotate it around.
I went to the gym on Monday and rode the recumbent bike for about 20 minutes. I didn't have any problems with pain, it just felt weird having my scar rub up against my pant leg so much.
I have my first formal physical therapy appointment scheduled for Monday, 4 weeks post-op. I'm pretty excited because I can already bend my leg back really far and the straight leg raises are easy. I also am able to flex my quad muscle on the op leg and it does it quickly. So hopefully I won't be in physical therapy for very long.
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Great news, girl! I'm so glad things are going well for you. Take it easy weaning the crutches, you don't want to over do it. Once PT starts up, you'll be super strong though and I think you'll be surprised at how quickly you lose that crutch!!! :)
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