3 weeks post-op

Life has been all about work and PT immediately after every single day, so it kinda sucks.The only thing that keeps me at it is football waiting for me at the end of it all(hopefully). My PT has stepped up and it involves a half hour on the static bike every day, along with the usual heel slides, straight leg raises with a half KG resistance among other stuff.The bike really feels like a savior and I can feel slow but steady progress everyday, though my flexion seems to have hit a bit of a plateau at 120-130, so there is still a lot of work to be done on that front.Walking seems to improve progressively, though stairs, especially downwards, is still extremely uncomfortable and quite painful.

Off crutches!!!!

Days 18 now, and all the sympathetic looks i get on the street,in office, and everywhere else has finally got to me.I now feel like I can manage safely enough without crutches, and so thats what I did.I still walk around with a slight limp, but its still quite a leap from feeling absolutely unstable on my knee without support a few days back.Due to logistical reasons I have changed my PT, and its off to a good start I would say.

2 weeks post-op..first day of office

Today was day 16 post-op.First day of office too.I have been hobbling around on one crutch for the past few days and this is how I went to office.The extra sympathy felt good for a bit and it eventually started pissing me off.Anyways, the day passed without any incident(you know,knee-wise).Its going to be a hard week or so with the crutch.

post op-day 4

Caught some champions league action last night and watched united come away with a point at sociadad.Anyways today was a bit different with regards to my physiotherapy.The physio sent me into their "Department" which sort of resembles a gym.As I waited inside for my physio to catch up, I looked around and went absolutely nuts.There were people in beds surrounded my physios helping them get back their range of motion.There were grown ass men moaning,screaming and shedding tears like babies with the physios not really giving a deal.All they cared about was restoring motion and I don't blame them.Without exaggerating, it was stuff of torture scenes from low budget movies haha.So my physio finally arrived, I started with basic stuff like straight leg raises,quad and hammy presses etc and then came to the dreaded heel slides.She flexed my knee till I started screaming out loud and I pushed a little but more, and we were all pleasantly surprised.I could get to 120 degrees on day 4 without much fuss(relatively). I'm actually beginning to like these pt sessions now and have only one thing in mind-playing football again without a worry in life.So far there's nothing I can complain about with regards to progress.I still have 10 days off from office(yay!) and looking forward to barca Milan tonight.Cheers.

post op-day 2

So it's been 2 days since the op on Nov 2.Well I'm not gonna lie and call it a walk in the park, but it has not been as bad as most of the post op horror stories that I had come across, especially for the pattelar tendon  variant of the surgery.Pain has drastically subsided since the day of the operation after the anesthesia had worn out, but there is still this nagging pain, which would eventually just become an irritation.My physiotherapy started surprisingly early,infact yesterday(the day after surgery).She got started on flexing my quads and hammys,which seem to be diminishing by the day.Then came the worst part-getting flexion and improving my ROM(range of motion).There is absolutely nothing fun about this and just downright hurts.I also got started walking slowly on crutches the very next day after surgery.

Day 2 was more of the same ROM stuff.It still sucks btw.On the bright side I seem to have got my flexion to somewhere around 80-90 degrees today.I insisted on doing stairs with crutches and it was fairly easy.So all in all, a good day I guess.

Day 0-surgery day

Had a good night's sleep the previous day and was extremely chilled out about the surgery.One can even say that I couldn't wait for it(retarded I know).I was taken into the OR at around 830am, and the sugery began in some half hour I guess.I was given the spinal anesthesia thing which numbed my lower half of my body.I was basically watching the insides of my knee throughout the operation on the screen and was constantly being told what exactly was being done.The surgery was over before I knew it and was taken back in a with a huge dressing and knee brace.Took quite a while for the numbness to wear out and the pain started getting worse slowly but steadily.On a scale of 10, it started with a manageable 4 and went all the way up to an 8 or 9 by the end of the day.Needless to say, the nasty combo of the pain and the brace made it impossible to sleep.Hopefully the worst has passed as far as pain is concerned, but I was told the 1st few PT sessions, starting 2moro,is gonna be a bitch.