in other thread someone asked how's my leg doing so I thought I'd make this thread; progress of my knee. I am bored enough now to do this ha.
in 12 days it's going to be THREE months since the surgery. I've been on crutches for almost 12 weeks now... just yesterday for first time I only used one crutch on same side of bad knee, it wasn't a good idea I guess. there's 32 stairs; 16 to my home door and 16 inside!
the scarcut, scar area pressure (as hematoma is still visiting), and numbness are bothering me and especially the very top of the knee under cap; sometimes gives me a sharp needle pain when I put pressure on it as getting up from the bed, lifting or bending more than what it can from knee (not hip). so I really don't know if my knee's mending and healing.. (???) it does gets really stiffy during cold nights too sigh.
I might would have to go back to california to have the annoying incision fixed! it's black yes, really black sometimes then it hurts, throbs and heats up burning. my school doctor (few weeks ago) said it was probably by mistaken taking stitches out; incorrect way, pulled the issues. and not a while ago, the fat was blurting out and I never knew thinking it was one biggest fat scab. all the doctor did was pushing it back in, disinfected then covered with gauges of antiboticreams...yucky. I wish he would STITCH it back closed. and physical therapy is the whole another story...
anyway, remember... some pictures; you've been warned. . . .
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third day; some cleaning up to do!
the X you see there, was from a little camrecordscope going inside..
fourth day; goodness, a balloon inside??
sixth day; bruised from the first fall (bended too hard) the night before.
seventh day; it didn't get any better, more painful and fever rocketed up.
this is first day back at same hospital, they drained out, found infection where bloody gauge is.
they found blood clots few days later (where darkest brusies are).
hematoma then produced ... truly a nuisance - it gets in the way!!
18th day in hospital; second fall the night before.
luckily I didn't hurt my knee this time but look at the date, it taaakeees forever now.
this is what looks like today....lovely hematoma!
if you can see the barely (red-purplish) circle around my knee, is where it hurts if I stand alone for more than five minutes.
as I'm typing this, I'm able to bear about 75-80% weight on the bad leg and bend knee up to about 80 degree without support. not to 90 degree yet where I can just sit with my both feet (complete arches) down on floor comfortably. or for too long. it really sucks.
would you please also hope my knee gets better really soon?! sleeping unable to curl up like I used to, jog or WALK normally for so long makes me feel so depressed and frustrated as well as is causing me some hip problems now. I hope there's something I can do about it asap!!
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