I had a follow up doctor appointment and this time it was with the PA Andrea that had come to see me every day in the hospital. She said I was healing really well, she checked my bending which is awesome and also my straightening which again is "right there." I'm not sure if it will ever be there with the way everyone says it's "right there." Where is there? Just kidding. I know I have a little ways to go on that and believe it or not that seems to be more work then the bending. Actually I guess it could go either way depending on the day. We talked about the pain medication I have. I really don't take much of it except at night. And mainly it's because I get these spasms and they tend to go on for a while when I get them and then it starts to hurt or it keeps me up so I'll take some pain meds to settle them down and try to sleep. She said that's normal and may go on for a while with the more I start to do. She did prescribe a muscle relaxer that she hopes will help with the spasms, so we'll see. We also talked about what I can and cannot do and basically she said nothing. There are things that I cannot do like I could before, but overall I should let pain be my guide. I asked her about running, I know that's pretty funny since I don't even like it. LOL But I did ask cause I did like when I was doing some 5k runs with my friends but she said what Dr Wilmink said....no running. So I guess I thought she would say something different???? No, she explained that if it was my life's passion and just something that I loved and couldn't live without then we would work to get me back to it. But since it's just a casual social thing, don't do it. Why wear down my knee faster then it will wear anyway just in daily life? She did say I could start riding my bike so that was cool. I like to do that but like anything else in AZ right now it's hot outside, but just knowing it's ok if I want to do something different is good.
Other then that the appointment was pretty much just routine. Andrea did tell me I was ahead of where most knee patients were at this point, which I continue like hearing. She told me that if my knee feels warm now and then, that's normal. Dr. Wilmink had told me that but it's a weird feeling. It's almost like my knee has a fever. It's just really warm actually pretty much hot all around my knee and no where else. The joint is continuing to be accepted by my body and everything is working together. She said this could last for up to a year and the spams could as well. Do t mind the fever but the spams suck.
I told her I wanted to continue PT at least a few times a week to work on my strength and straightening and she agreed. I was all set and have my next follow up on October 9th.
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