Yesterday was my first post-op visit, where I was finally able to see my knee and get a fancy new brace, which hopefully will allow me to bend my knee sometime this week!
Not as scary as I thought it'd look:
My other amazing milestone was getting to shower today (finally!!). After four days, you start feeling pretty gross and even more of a pain on those around you. It was quite a process but I felt like a totally new person and smelled like something other than the hospital! So far, this recovery has been a lot of what I expected, but still very hard and very painful. I am eternally grateful for my amazing parents who are putting up with me and basically doing everything for me (tip- find a great gift for whoever is lucky, or unlucky enough, to put up with you the first couple weeks). I am also overwhelmed and humbled by the love and support I have received by so many people in my life. While this is just the beginning of my recovery, I am lucky to have such motivation and support. I really hope that this blog can be a source of hope and inspiration for people who are going through MPFL reconstruction and like me, are scared, nervous and hoping for the best.
Hi, I'm on day 4 post op from the mpfl surgery and had a few questions.
ReplyDeleteDid you remove the yellow strips for your shower? I don't have a post op apt for 3 weeks. He told me I could remove the gause and shower normally today but I'm not sure if that included the strips.
I'm currently in a straight brace without hidges, they switched it when I fell on day 2. I stopped my pain meds about 46 hours ago because they make me sick, so I have had no pain relief except the nerve block I got right after surgery. Needless to say I'm very uncomfortable to say the least, did anything help you with the pain?
When I elevate my leg I get a feeling like my leg is over extending, it feels like my leg is being pulled in two different directions, did you get that sensation?
I walked a bit today, the Dr said I could put pressure as tolerated so I was using the walker for about 10 minutes, it didn't bother me at all at the time but now is pretty sore.
Your swelling looK's so much better than mine, its like I have a baseball under my kneecap. I also have a vein turning purple under my knee, I'm not sure this is normal
Hi, I'm on day 4 post op from the mpfl surgery and had a few questions.
ReplyDeleteDid you remove the yellow strips for your shower? I don't have a post op apt for 3 weeks. He told me I could remove the gause and shower normally today but I'm not sure if that included the strips.
I'm currently in a straight brace without hidges, they switched it when I fell on day 2. I stopped my pain meds about 46 hours ago because they make me sick, so I have had no pain relief except the nerve block I got right after surgery. Needless to say I'm very uncomfortable to say the least, did anything help you with the pain?
When I elevate my leg I get a feeling like my leg is over extending, it feels like my leg is being pulled in two different directions, did you get that sensation?
I walked a bit today, the Dr said I could put pressure as tolerated so I was using the walker for about 10 minutes, it didn't bother me at all at the time but now is pretty sore.
Your swelling looK's so much better than mine, its like I have a baseball under my kneecap. I also have a vein turning purple under my knee, I'm not sure this is normal