One Week Since Surgery 7/30/2014

Hard to believe it's been a week already since I've had my TKR.  ( that's medical talk for total knee replacement)  Am I glad I did it?  Yes, of course I am.  Only I want it to be 6 months from now.  Since Monday I have been in a little bit of a funk.  I feel good, I feel like I am making good progress, I am doing more and more exercises, I can run my CPM at 105, and I seem to be getting around (the bedroom, bathroom, family room) a lot better.  BUT, you knew there would be a but, I feel like I should be doing more. And like I said Monday I think I am actually being too hard on myself.  I am hurting today.  Pretty much all day.  Not sure if it's the addition of more new exercises, if it's from the way the new exercises hurt, or that I am trying to do too much cause I do overall feel good.  Once again.... It's been a whole week from my surgery and i don't know why but I feel like I should be fixed.  Where is this impatience coming from?   I'm just really struggling with that.  

So basically today is my 7 day post-op and I am hurting.  That's on one hand.  On the other, did you read that I am up to 0-105 on my CPM machine?  Started at 0-70 just 7 days ago, that's good :) Getting around somewhat better, that's good too :)  and you know my PT says I'm doing phenomenal. Another good thing.  I just need to keep looking at the good stuff.  So what....I'm hurting today.  There's going to be days like this. Tomorrow's another day :) 

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