Sunday Evening 🖑

Good progress made today!

Changed the dressings on the 2 incision sites and had a really lovely shower after 3 days 👌🏻

Decided to up the anti and get some flexion going as I know it's just the thick synovial fluid swelling that's making it feel difficult.
Got down to 90 degrees comfortably and probably could've gone further but there is no rush!
Extension is still great.. can't see that getting anything other than even better which bodes well.

Considering I'm literally 3 days post Op, to have comfy extension and flexion is mind boggling to me. I expected to find it v.difficult but perhaps I'd just read too many horror stories 😬

Certainly not counting any chickens yet, but if I continue progressing at this pace, I'm aiming to be walking normally by my stitches out in 1 week. (Already setting goals 😅🙈)

Cryo-cuff combined with pain meds has been magical. Can't believe I have zero pain.. don't know what all the fuss is about honestly 😉

Going to start concentrating on leg raises tomorrow and keep the quads firing. Particularly the vastus medialis

Now going to watch Barca play ⚽💪🏻👀

Nomis

Bigbury golf course early a couple weeks ago 👌🏻


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