Celebrate with me, everyone! I am sooo excited, I can hardly contain myself. Tonight, just 3 weeks after surgery, I was able to lift Bessie off the bed!!! Both from the position of lying flat on my back, and also from sitting up. I can left my whole leg up off the bed about an inch or two. I can't even tell you how HUGE this is !!!! I almost cried!
I can also now get into and out of bed without using the leg cross-over technique that I had been relying on. It is very rewarding to know that all this exercising I've been doing is paying off!
I walked around the house most of today with no walker or cane. I take it slow, and I still hold on to things occasionally, but I really don't feel that I need the aids in the house. (I wouldn't go out without my walker yet.)
It might be my imagination, but I think my new leg is just a tad longer than the old one. It would make sense, since Doc put in a plastic piece to replace the missing cartilage. I don't know how thick that is, but it is more than has been in there for years.
Tomorrow I go back to PT. She told me to bring my cane as well as my walker. I can't wait to show off for her!
Celebrate with me! Have a glass of wine... or 2... When you lie in your beds tonight, lift your left leg an inch off the bed and think about me!!!
Hugs!
:)Amy
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