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\nI had a pretty good visit to surgeon today. To date I have been instructed to not use my quads, but for the next two weeks I’m instructed to use them in a limited way (in a highly controlled manner). At the same time, I’m to carry out more aggressive joint flexibility work.<\/p>\n
After two weeks, I’m to shift to more aggressive work with quads under supervision of physical therapists. Interestingly, he says I can drive whenever I can get in the car and work the pedals. So maybe a few weeks. Strangely, the LAST step in the process will be removing the brace. The brace stays on well into cane-use period, which in turn probably starts in about six weeks.<\/p>\n
The Alien bump object I had mentioned on Facebook is likely an internal stitch, which will either go away or he’ll cut out at a later time. Pain levels are not really expected to go down soon, but they aren’t bad now, and the pain is increasingly meaningless which makes it quite tolerable.<\/p>\n
So, regarding what I can and can’t do, I’m looking at two weeks with no change, followed by a couple weeks of aggressive effort to make change happen, during which time I’ll start being able to do things I’m restricted from doing now.<\/p>\n
Most importantly, he did not look at my knee, turn pale, and say “Oh my god, what have we done… WHAT HAVE WE DONE!!!!” … or anything like that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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