Day 6

I had no clue I would have my 'normal Monday' only 6 days after surgery. Well, semi normal. Minus the crutches and PT. But hey either way, PT will be apart of the new normal for me on Mondays!

I woke up semi early to get ready to go into work today. However the minute I placed my left leg on the ground, it swelled up and throbbed with pain pretty hard. My heart also raced for a little and I felt light headed. "Of course, the day I intend to go back to work is the one morning I just want to go back to bed" I thought as I was sitting on the edge of my bed, waiting for the throbbing to subside. It did get better though, and I'll find out that this would be the theme of the day.

My mind thanked me as I returned to my work, which in this case, I'm thankful is at a desk. "Guys I love being at work. I love work." I mentioned to my co workers as they just laughed and understood it must be nice to be out of my house. I had PT at noon today, but ended up coming back to work afterwards instead of going back home. 

Comfy at my desk :)

I as able to bend my knee to 90 degrees flexion at physical therapy, which is a great week one milestone. I've been able to extended it all the way since day one, so the focus is on flexion. It doesn't hurt to bend it, and I would love to try bending it more, but I really am just not sure about the pulling sensation on the stitches/tape on the top of my knee. It certainly gets to me, and honestly kind of freaks me out because I'm half way expecting it to just burst open at any moment, much like opening a bag of chips at altitude. 😝  

We also did a few exercises that pinpointed where some weakness had set in my adductors and inner quad. He watched me walk and although my gait was not close to perfect at all, I was still able to walk without crutches with confidence. Not quite done with them yet as he said to keep using them 'just in case'. Which makes sense and I don't mind- would rather spend a few extra days on crutches than try and rely without them too early. 

My sister has Monday's off so soon after I left my work that afternoon we went downtown to our go-to place, Euclid. We chatted for a few hours then I continued on to a coffee shop close by to meet one of my ski buddies who also went through ACL reconstruction a few years ago. All this up and down felt just fine- I just had to endure the 2-3 minutes of throbbing as I first stood up, but then was able to continue on...! It was late as I got back home, and I thought 'hmm not too bad for only 6 days post op!'. I listened to my knee all day and was ready to call it and head home if it insisted, but I never felt any pain or signs to slow down, so I just kept going :)