A Week After Surgery

One week after surgery and the pain has subsided thanks to a strict regimen of oxycodone, sleep and chilly compression from my cryo cuff (see below). Cryo cuffs are essentially coolers that can keep ice in water for >12 hours, eliminating the need to use ice bags or packs. It works like a siphon with a one way valve, and has a cool (no pun intended) feature in that it can apply compression on the knee too.

Cryo Cuff used to cool my knee (from here)

On Thursday, I returned to physio and Neena as well as the other therapists said that my post-op knee is the best that they've seen which is very encouraging because it means that Dr. Theo did a great job (not that I ever doubted it). I actually believe that there is a lot of swelling but they don't seem to agree - all signs of a quicker recovery! Anyway, Neena made me do some simple exercises: some quad sets and ROM against a wall. My ROM is currently at 40-45 degs.

Stitches out on Tuesday!

-ange xx