I’m behind on my blogging…which I take as a good sign
because I’m regaining parts of my life back and well folks I’m just getting
busy J. Week 8 was written last week just FYI.
Week 8
This week I have been upgraded to using half of my body
weight on my bad leg as I crutch. I’m
still using 2 crutches for now, but at 75% body weight I will be using just 1
crutch! Praise the Lord! I’ll be able to carry things with my free
hang instead of shoving my clothes full of stuff. But for now let the shoving and back pack
carrier continue for 2 more weeks. It
feels very odd to have ½ my weight on my bum leg, it definitely makes the crutching much slower. Mostly because I really
have to think about what does ½ my weight feel like when crutching…it’s not
like I have a scale with me with every step to make sure I don’t go over. I have to guess the amount of a 5th grader then decide if my leg will take on that weight. After 8 weeks I can say that the bottom of my
foot is less tingly now that I’m putting more weight on it, which is good because
for a while there I was afraid I would eat dirt every time I tried to
walk! My foot doesn't turn quite as blue as fast now either. Don’t get me wrong after
too long of time I still become kin to a smurf if I don’t get it elevated. After 8 weeks my scar has become a strange
purple color and is around 5-6” long depending on how bent my knee is. I ordered SwarAway from Amazon to lessen its appearance,
but it’s a 12 week program so I’ll have to let you know later if it works…here’s
hoping!
Week 9 – Death to Fuzzy….AGAIN!
As I reported before I had to take Fuzzy back because my
flexion was decreasing from the 120’s to 115.
After only one week of CPMing (yes I totally just made that a verb!) My
flexion jumped to 125 and 126 J. Very happy!!
I continued to use it for the next week, but really the only thing it
helped me to do was rest more. Since the machine only goes to 110 it doesn’t
help your knee if you are pass that. So
I turned him in again so he can torture another patient. This week I was able to hit 135 and 137 on my
flexion and most of that is due to stretching.
I put my foot on the 3rd step on my stairs (or my kitchen chair when I don’t
feel like using the stairs) and I lean into the stretch. It looks kinda like the creepy guy stretching
at the gym to impress the ladies but since I am neither at a gym nor a dude I’m
ok with the creepiness!
I’m still only allowed to put 50% of my weight on my leg
while crutching and I have to say it’s so tempting to go to 1 crutch. There is no pain when I put the weight down
which is amazing! Although I kinda sorta
used one crutch yesterday (Don’t tell my PTs!!) to go to a natural food store
to load up on my gluten free foods. (Yes
another annoying part of my life). If my
PTs do end up reading this I will confess I used the cart as my other
crutch. Now see doesn’t that make you
feel better. Although funny story about
my first shopping trip….I parked in my handicapped spot (which I get to do till
June 30 almost 3 weeks after I’m full weight baring and FYI I’m going to enjoy
every minute of it even if I get death stares from the Grandparents of the
world who wanted that parking spot!) and hobbled to the front of the
store. Just as I was about 10 feet from
the door a car dropped off a man who was on crutches too. We had that awkward staring contest, and then
we both smiled and hobbled in to the store at the same time. Gotta say it was hard to get the sympathy
looks when I was only using 1 crutch and a cart while this guy was on 2 and had a boot on
his foot. All in all it was a good first
trip to the store by myself. When I got
back into the car I texted my husband, “YES I did it myself!!” It’s the small victories in life right now,
and it’s progress.
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