Check up went great!!  She seemed really surprised at the muscle tone and strength in my quads!  Went to the gym just after my appt...lol. 

 

Let's see, I had surgery on a Thursday, stayed overnight in the hosp, and had to get my knee to a 90 degree angle before they'd release me.  They showed me the excercises I was to do at home, and I did them Friday afternoon/night at home, and over the weekend.  My first formal PT appt was first thing Monday morning!

 

I'm sure the PT varies from place to place(had a friend who had surgery about 2 weeks before I did, in a civilian hospital, and he wasn't even sent home wearing a knee brace and don't know about his PT routine).  But provided your PT routine is similar to mine, I see no reason why you couldn't do it on your own.

 

Ice was my friend!!!  LOL  I lovedddddd the ice!!  I normally did it about 3-4 times a day, for a half hour or more I think.  And one of those was always after my formal PT session; they iced me there for about 10 minutes the first few times, but I told them I had 4 bags of ice at home and would do it as soon as I got home.

 

I unfortunately have an unusually high tolerance for pain meds:(  Drug during labor didn't work, I've felt teeth being pulled, stitches being done, had a lump removed that I felt the scraping inside, etc.  So I wasn't too surprised when the meds they gave me didn't do much for me.

 

Anything else I can answer, glad to help...hope you're feeling better every day!

grossmargin2000 <grossmargin2000@...> wrote:

Moose,

Thanks for the reply and congrats on your progress. Hope your check
up goes well!  Could I bug you for a couple of follow - ups

1.  How many days after surgery did your initial PT start? 
2.  As long as I have access to a gym when I travel (with a  
stationary bike) I should be able to replicate the supervised PT
session?  What do you think??
3. Lastly, if you remember back to being 1 week out from surgery,
what was your icing regimen?  How long, often, etc.....Before or
after PT, both...

About the pain meds, I've always had a rough time with it.  Same
thing happened to me 4 years ago with right shoulder surgery.  It's a
shame, because I really wish I could enjoy narcotics more than I do :-
)

Thanks Moose.  I appreciate your info and feedback.

GM

Moose

"The main reason Santa is so jolly is because,
he knows where all the bad girls live."
-George Carlin-

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