My knee is covered in like 500 layers of bandage and warped in a brace. It's hard to beleive there is a leg under all of it. I can feel the atrophy setting in, but for the day after surgery I am doing quite well.
- I started the CMP (continuous passive movement) machine that I place my leg in and the machine at a slow pace bends my knee for me. I went up to 45 degrees today, and will add 10 degrees every day from now on.
- I could bare minimal weight with cruches on my bad leg.
I couldn't sleep that well last night. For some reason every time I was about to doze off I frantically woke up thinking I was about to fall asleep in a bad position for my knee. I got up at 7 a.m. and took an oxycotin. It was recommened I take pain killers every four hours but I didn't need to take another pain killer until abour 4 p.m. The CPM machine felt good this morning/afternoon and I did it for about 5 hours at the 45 degree angle. But tonight when I wanted to do the last hour of my treatment my knee would feel so stiff and hurt so bad when it would reach the top of the angle on the machine. I should have taken another pain killer earlier, now I know better.
Tomorrow I am meeting with the surgeon and getting the bandages unwrapped. After my surgery he said I had "wear and tear" in my knee. He didn't go into much detail as I'm sure he didn't want to bum me out right after surgery so I am interested in seeing what that ment and what that means for my recovery. I am also hoping that everything else checks out the way it should.
CPM machine
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