Dancing was okay

Yay, I danced last night and was functional today.  I managed to meet a friend for a late lunch, then was client productive while sitting.  I also went upstairs using the left leg first.  This might just be working.

Danced tonight :-))))

Went to the English dance at the Glen Echo Town Hall tonight and danced, or at least committed a reasonable impersonation of a dancer.  Danced 6 dances, the last two in a row, and thanks to my gracious partners and fellow dancers did not throw anything to far off beat.  Felt marvelous while I was there, and hopefully the iced knee afterwards will keep it feeling decent tomorrow.

July update

I saw the surgeon, Dr Nascone, on the 17th.  He seems happy with my progress.  Sadly his timeline for recovery is 6 to 12 months and he suspects I'll be on the slower side of that.  I almost agree with him after today as my knee was not happy about all the sitting and walking it was forced to do yesterday.  Hopefully it will be a bit more comfortable tomorrow and I can get back to giving it full workouts.

Top 10 Ways to Know I'm fully Recovered

10.  Able to use the bike with both legs pedaling - Accomplished on most days as of 7/12/12
9.  No longer have to plan out all the steps in getting a shower and dressed, the in-case chair gets removed - removed on 8/7/12 as it was in the way of getting a shower
8.  Able to wear jeans - can do as of 8/20/12, although tight on the knee by the end of the day
7.  Started the outside work, including mowing and weeding - started 8/31/12
6.  Good days and Bad days aren't determined by my knee
5.  A momentary pause when I stand rather than a minute
4.  Able to safely use stairs (up and down) with alternating legs
3.  Can sit and work for more than 1 hour at a time
2.  Able to schedule client appointments without thinking about my stamina
1.  Able to dance a full night's contras on time. (Yeah, I couldn't do on time before but I can try again)

0" reached

Last Wednesday at PT, with just a bit of pressure from the therapist, my left leg went to full straight!!  Now we work on bendy stuff.

This past Monday the therapist worked on scar tissue at the kneecap and below.  Felt so weird, the swelling started that evening and went back to overstuffed sausage for Tuesday and Wednesday.  Today I got it to reduce a bit and got on the bike.

Both legs made full revolutions for 9 minutes at almost full speed for me.  Dancing can't be far behind.

Wheee!!!

Showered tonight standing up!  Also took 10 steps without a cane!!!  Tomorrow see new PT about getting leg to fully straighten and bend - probably going to be hurting tomorrow night.

June 1 and oh is this frustrating

So, here it is June 1 and I am so frustrated.  Yesterday switched internet providers and spent a good bit of the day vertical, did my exercises and then had two legs aching and paining all night long.  Various gels did little to assist in getting them to quiet, nor did muscle relaxer or pain meds.  Thus spent most of today asleep.  How is this progressing forward towards dancing again?  I so want to dance, even a slow walking waltz would be a joy.

On the plus side, I am walking better, using the cane more for stability and less for support.  I am up to six minutes on the bike, no left leg.