I had my follow-up ortho appointment today. It went pretty well. I got some good news. He could not find the meniscus tear that my MRI showed! I guess that is only good news providing that there IS NOT a tear somewhere...LOL. He couldn't see anything wrong with the outside of my knee that was bothering me so much when I was running. Hopefully now that my ACL is fixed, that pain will go away.
He said I am doing very well. I can fully extend my leg but can only bend it to 65 degrees or so. I have to get it to 90 degrees by my first physical therapy appointment in one week. He seemed to enjoy watching me trying to bend my leg...LOL.
He gave me a new brace.........YAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!! You have NO idea how much I hated the other one. This one has a hinge that can be adjusted to allow a certain degree of flexion, or it can be locked straight. With this brace, I can at least sit in the front seat of my van and DRIVE! I couldn't with my other one. For now, I have to keep it locked straight when walking, which sucks. I am so darn impatient!
He gave me some more Vicodin and sent me on my way until I see him again next month.
I am going to go watch Borat now.
4 comments:
Yay for Vicodin! I used to love that thing because it puts me to sleep all day and gives me an excuse to not do any of my house cleaning and just stay in bed all day!
Enjoy Borat!!! =)
Hope the healing continues to go well! Congrats on the new brace.
Niiiice!
Try to be patient Jenn. It's more important to heal all the way than to push the envelope too soon. I'm so glad you're making progress!
Enjoy Borat, that's one movie I REALLY want to see too.
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