Just over two weeks have passed since surgery. In some ways the time seems like forever, and yet in other ways it seems like the blink of an eye. I think I am on schedule for where I need to be at this point, but who really knows for sure? I am walking without a walker, with a cane waiting in the wings just in case. But I am slow and uneven. I sleep pretty well, but still take the pain pills before bed at night. Because of all the pills (including a blood-thinner), I continue to watch what I eat and drink. I can read and write, but it is just so uncomfortable to sit in a chair for any length of time and I keep thinking about the exercises I should be doing....
My physical therapist discovered that my entire left side is lower than the right side of my body -- from my shoulders, through my hips and down the leg. Thus, you could say I am a little "crooked." My spine and posture are okay, but all the muscles on my left side are weaker. Certainly this is a reflection of decades of favoring my left knee. I did not even carry anything in my left hand if I didn't have to. My knee was so weak that it through off my whole balance, and the right side has been compensating. So I really am trying to walk straighter and smoother and less rigid. It is easy to fall back into that habit of favoring the left side to reduce pain.
They say the first two weeks are the most difficult (whoever "they" are), so I am past that point. It has not been easy, and I look forward to just getting better and better....
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