Monthly Archives: May, 2013
Post-op Day 217 – Thirty One Weeks – SEVEN MONTHS After Patella Re-alignment Operation
The battle to recover from knee surgery continues… After my rather unsuccessful attempt to go for a walk, (as detailed in my previous post), I’ve had a few quiet days resting my knee. I didn’t go to the gym but stayed at home and continued to put ice on it, as the physio had advised. …
Post-op Day 212 – When You Know ‘That’ Knee Pain Can’t Be Good….
I’ve had crutches a long time now – a very long time! I was already using them before I had this knee surgery to re-align my patella (patella stabilisation / vmo advancement / lateral release revision surgery). Some eight months earlier I’d had revision surgery on my left ankle when I’d had my lateral ligament reconstruction ‘re-done’. …
Post-op Day 210 – Thirty Weeks After Patella Re-alignment Operation
What can I tell you about being 30 weeks post-op after my patella re-alignment operation? Well, I think things are progressing – very, very slowly – but still progressing all the same. There is sign of a little bit more muscle… okay so it’s still rather pathetic, but even so… there is definitely more quad …
Post-op Day 209 – The Exercise Routine Gets Longer And Longer
Post-op Day 209 after my patella re-alignment operation (patella stabilisation / vmo advancement / lateral release revision surgery) and I’ve been having a quiet time at home. The time is filled with reading, writing, playing the piano, doing a few chores and admin etc. There certainly haven’t been any physical adventures. But as this is …
Post-op Day 204 – I Felt My Own Femur Today!!
It’s Post-op Day 204 after my patella re-alignment operation and I had a very strange experience today! Indeed I did. I can say with all honesty that I have felt my own femur today! Now how bizarre is that?? I had my physiotherapy session this morning and the physio decided that as I was still …
Post-op Day 203 – Twenty Nine Weeks After Patella Re-alignment Operation
That’s incredible – Day 203 after my patella re-alignment operation (patella stabilisation / vmo advancement / lateral release revision surgery)! Over two hundred days! Phew, it’s Week 29 and I’m plodding on. I’ve had a quieter time since my last session at physio when I felt ill. My knee has been very sore, so I’ve just done …
Post-op Day 197 – Quality Not Quantity And Crossing The Invisible Line
Post-op Day 197 after my patella re-alignment surgery, and it was time for my next physio session following my review at the hospital. I reported back to my physiotherapist on what the surgeon had said, and that he had mentioned that my physio had phoned him. So my physio told me that yes, he’d had a chat with him, …
Video of Left Knee Twenty Eight Weeks After Patella Re-alignment Operation
In addition to the photographs of my knee which I included in my last post, twenty eight weeks after patella re-alignment operation, I also took this little video clip. I think it presents a clearer idea of how my knee is coming along after the surgery and what my movement is like. There definitely has been …
I served as an officer in the Royal Air Force for several years before joining the Police Force. After I was assaulted on duty I had to be medically retired due to my knee injury. My ambition is to regain my fitness, or as much of it as possible. I used to have my own horse and loved running and mountaineering. I'm blogging to follow my progress after major knee surgery, asking "Is it better yet?"
Is It Better Yet? 