Day 566

PROGRESS!

Got to try out playing a little soccer today!!  Played kick back with my trainer...then took some TERRIBLY placed shots on goal...leg felt great!!  And only 2.5 weeks out of surgery!!

Day 557

I get to take the bandages off today!!  SHOWER time!!!  Swelling is already looking just like it did before surgery!!  This is going to be AWESOME.  After PT today...my leg was bending at 17 inches...it was 22inches before surgery!!!  I have already improved 5 inches!!!

Day 555

Surgery has gone well so far.  I was able to do PT four times yesterday, 5 times today...and I went back to the gym...only missed one day!!  I rode the bike for an hour...although not fast enough to even turn it on, there was much progress.  I started with just going back and forth, I couldn't bend my leg enough to fully rotate, no matter how far back the seat was pushed.  But by the end of the hour, it was not only fully rotating, but the lights would flicker on the machine...I almost got it to turn on!!

Day 554

KNEE SURGERY.

Today was THE day!!  As most of you know, I have bad knees.  Soccer is my love, but as far as my knees are concerned, was my major downfall.  It started when I was 14 years old.  I was running down the left side of the field, ready to receive a cross and just fell.  No one touched me, no pot hole was seen, and (it was video taped), no hyperextention.  Until this point, I had had NO knee issues whatsoever...not even a sprain.  I went to a doctor, then another doctor and ended up having reconstructive knee surgery on my left knee a month or so after my 15th birthday.  Again, I was doing great...back to playing competitive soccer in 4 months, 2 weeks.

Until about 10 years ago.  I took a hit in indoor from a fairly large man and immediately went down.  It resulted in another surgery.  I went in anticipating reconstruction, but the ACL was only damaged about 5-7% so they fixed cartilage and such...yay!  Only Arthoscopic!!  But...shortly thereafter, I noticed I limped, ALOT, on my left leg again.

Since that moment, my limping had gotten severe.  My mobility slowly disappeared.  I could no longer straighten my leg all the way, nor bend it more then MAYBE 90 degrees.  Again, doctor after doctor (since our insurance wouldnt' let me see mine) told me I just needed to fully replace the left knee.  I was 31.  I refused to take that as an answer and just kept searching for a doctor...I found one!  After this doc saw my MRI, he immediately booked me for surgery...ARTHOSCOPIC!!  No knee replacement for me!!  And today was the big day...

Anxiously awaiting in the lobby!!

Again...only anxiously awaiting in the hospital bed!!  I HATE IV's in my hand...I have yet to have one that doesn't hurt...ugh

This is the wonderful artwork I came home to after surgery...my amazing friend, Jayme, had the girls draw pictures for me!!

How I am spending my day...when I'm not doing physical therapy that is...