re·ha·bil·i·ta·tion
/ˌrē(h)əˌbiləˈtāSH(ə)n/
noun
noun: rehabilitation; plural noun: rehabilitations
the action of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness.
This week has been a good one for rehabilitation. I am getting stronger every day. The biggest evidence of this is my knee flexion. At the start of the week, my PTs measured me at 44. On Wednesday, I measured a 52 and by Friday, after hanging my leg off a bed or table several times a day, I was at 60. And Linda will not give me anything more than I deserve. Her words. Not mine.
I’ve learned big lessons about the goniometer and because my extension is good, I can now focus on my flexion. I think that when I started after surgery, my bend was in the low 30s. I am aiming for 120 degrees.
I also graduated from my walker to a cane! I don’t know why this seems like such a big deal - but it added a lot of freedom. I still use my walker to carry things around the house, but the cane is a little more versatile.
I also had my second post-op appointment with Dr. Boyd. He said things were going very well. I told him I’d finally gotten up the nerve to look up the meniscus repair and wanted to know which type of procedure he used. Of course, he not only explained it, he pulled up a website that showed how he stitched together the meniscus. Freaking amazing. And….I was able to watch it while Kayla took out the stitches. Mainly because it was animated and not LIVE.