Surgery is done & my kneecap is essentially in one piece again. Surgeon & physio tell me 12-16 weeks recovery. I, being me, am aiming at 8 weeks back walking & running & occasionally dancing like a lunatic.
There is a sense of understanding that comes from measurement and it's interpretation, so I am going to measure everything. Currently I can walk zero steps without pain and support. The 600m walk to my local shop is doable in 10 minutes, but fatigue and pain slows the return leg to 20-25 minutes. That is about the total of my manouvereablitly at this point.
Stairs are an absolute chore, whereas I usually take stairs two at a time, I am limited to stepping up with my right leg, swinging my left leg up and then supporting my weight to lift the right leg again. 14 steps in my house means it takes concerted effort to get up the stairs. Coming downstairs is slightly easier, but again left leg is fairly useless and I have to alternate between my good leg and supporting my weight on th bannister. This all leads to a serious effort not to leave things I need upstairs (or downstairs).
Getting up from bed/cars/couches takes thought as well, I don't have the power in my left leg to get to a stand, so my right leg has to do all the work. It sounds silly, but because my right leg is doing so much more work while walking & pretty much anything I am exhausted pretty quickly. A walk to the shop takes it out of me & requires me to rest the leg before attempting to climb the stairs.
That is the moaning done. At least I can type again, and physio for my hand is starting to have an effect slowly but surely.
For the video, replace money with walking, make success normality & "Explosions in the Sky" are yet again the soundtrack.
So here is a link to the google doc I am using to measure what I can do & help plot out recovery and then some.
On January 30th I ran/walked 4k in 29minutes (using this great little app here) and I intend to be besting that in 10 weeks in at the start of June.
Determination is one thing I do have in spades, so it starts here.
So here is a link to the google doc I am using to measure what I can do & help plot out recovery and then some.
On January 30th I ran/walked 4k in 29minutes (using this great little app here) and I intend to be besting that in 10 weeks in at the start of June.
Determination is one thing I do have in spades, so it starts here.
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The link to the unofficial guide book is right here on Smashwords just for you Coachella fans: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/151795. If there was a way I could attend to the festival..
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