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Post-op Day 300 – And Wondering If My Patella Tendon Will Snap!
That’s a big number – 300 – what a lot of days since my patella re-alignment operation! My knee continues to frustrate me, by way of pain and swelling, but even so I keep on trying to do “normal” things. I can’t simply give up on life and spend all my time on the sofa! …
Post-op Day 291 – A Day of Plant Pots, Brace and Splint
It’s Post-op Day 291 after my patella re-alignment operation (patella stabilization / vmo advancement / lateral release revision surgery) and it has been a busy day – perhaps too busy my knee would say. As I’m not to do my gym work at the moment, after the cortizone injection, I’ve had a few quiet days …
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 196 – Twenty Eight Weeks After Patella Re-alignment Operation
It’s now 28 weeks since I had my patella re-alignment operation (patella stabilisation / vmo advancement / lateral release revision surgery) and I’m trying really, really hard in my rehab to build up my wasted muscles. There isn’t a quick and easy way of doing it, it’s just a case of plodding on… and on… …
Post-op Day 175 – Twenty Five Weeks After Patella Re-alignment Operation
The six month post-op date is edging ever closer! Only one more week to go until my knee is supposed to be recovered from the patella re-alignment operation… Hmmm, yes well, anything could happen in seven days I suppose…. The other night I was awakened by the most terrible knee pain! When I awoke I had my knee …
Post-op Day 168 – Twenty Four Weeks After Patella Re-alignment Operation
Post-op Day 168, twenty four weeks after my patella re-alignment operation (patella stabilisation / vmo advancement / lateral release revision surgery) and I’m still working hard at my exercises. As usual, when I do a lot of work my knee gets more swollen and painful, but I know that although that in itself isn’t good, …
Post-op Day 126 – Eighteen Weeks After Patella Re-alignment Operation
It’s Post-op Week 18, following my patella re-alignment operation, and it’s been a bit of a mixed week, this last week. I feel as though I’m ‘coming down’ with a bug of some sort, so I’m not quite ‘firing on all cylinders’ at the moment. I feel very tired, but not a nice tired, more of …
Post-op Day 121 – Review With Orthopaedic Consultant
It’s Post-op Day 121 after my patella re-alignment operation (patella stabilisation/vmo advancement/lateral release revision surgery) and today I had another review appointment, at the hospital, with my orthopaedic consultant. It is over four months now since my knee surgery, and the surgeon was pleased that there was some progress. Last time I saw him I was still wearing the …
Post-op Day 116 – Retail Therapy After Knee Surgery
Post-op Day 116 after my knee surgery and I felt like going to town today – I wanted to go somewhere different and have a change of scene. I decided to go to town, to the shops, as I hadn’t been to town for four months! I felt the need for some ‘retail therapy’! This …
Post-op Day 112 – Sixteen Weeks After Patella Re-alignment Operation
Time is motoring along – it’s now sixteen weeks, four months, since I had the patella re-alignment operation (patella stabilisation/vmo advancement and lateral release revision surgery). Unfortunately I can’t really say that my recovery is motoring along… it doesn’t feel like it anyway! I still need to use crutches as I can’t walk properly without …
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? 