3 months post-op
It’s actually a week past the three month mark but I don’t suppose that matters at this stage of recovery.
I think I am doing well at this stage of my recovery. Not that I wasn’t before but I have again seen a bit of progress in the past week or two, which makes the end result seem a bit more realistic. It’s strange to think I won’t know for sure the surgery has been a success until I regain all my muscle strength and that could still be a few months away. Â I saw a different physio at my appointment last week. My usual one was on holidays and scheduled me with a colleague and now it seems I will stay with the new physio for the next appointment. I don’t really mind this aside from it feeling a bit disloyal to the original one. The “new” one is probably a bit older and more experienced and her assessment methods were more hands-on this time. Perhaps that would have been the case with the usual one too but I don’t suppose I will know now.
She has revised my home exercise routine now that I am back to more regular walking. I’ve been taking one of the dogs out three or four times a week, as the weather allows and I’m getting through the typical dog walk more quickly now than a month ago. Even when I’ve overdo the exercise I am recovering pretty quickly instead of being sore for a day or more. I am forcing myself to increase my pace while walking which seems to be working well. However, the mental aspect of concentrating on walking properly plus dealing with one of the dogs can be exhausting.
The new physio told me it’s likely she will be signing off on my treatment as of the next appointment. I guess that’s her way so saying there isn’t much else they can do and it’s just a matter of carrying on with the exercises I already have. She also said that one of my muscles is particularly strong compared to others with this surgery. I can’t recall which one it is but apparently others have a lot of trouble with it. The other physio did say a while back that most people struggle with leg extension so I wonder if it’s related to that because I have never had difficulty there.
On a related note, I made a sort of risky purchase online yesterday. The tread on my current shoes has been pretty worn for a while so I’d been planning to buy new shoes at some point. I read about a clearance sale by New Balance at their website and took a chance on buying some walking shoes. I normally prefer to try shoes on before buying but took a chance this time as I have been wearing NB shoes in the same size for several years now. I should have them by early next week so will know then whether it was a worthy risk or not.
