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It occurs to me that I have been incredibly remiss. I have spent so much energy on healing myself that I have not shared my progress with you. My apologies.
The MRI showed that the ligament was not torn, but badly sprained. The reason it reacted like a tear in my doctor’s stress tests was because of my other condition, the Chondromalacia Patellae. It’s a softening and deterioration of the cartilage. I’ve been working on this for decades, so I’m not surprised. I’m taking a supplement that will, optimistically, help bring blood flow and repair to the area. It would be nice to hike and bike without pain.
But, meanwhile, I’m still concentrating on walking and general mobility. I’ve progressed. I can walk unaided and without pain as long as I concentrate on keeping everything aligned. My doctor is going to give me an Rx for physical therapy so I learn exactly how far to push activity without exacerbating the injury. It will be a while before I’m back to full strength, but I’m very happy to be walking at all. Even if I can’t hike or bike, at least I will still be able to walk downtown and run my errands. I won’t be totally dependent upon the car. Oh, how I hate to HAVE to use the car to go anywhere. I apologize to the Universe every time I start the engine. *sigh*
I’m still kinda bored and mostly just sitting around the house, but I have great hopes of longer stints of mobility in the coming week. I think the hardest part right now, is knowing how much better the knee feels and being so tempted to push it. I am stuck in this gray area of wanting to do more but being afraid of doing too much. I don’t want to back pedal. Hopefully, the physical therapist will be able to guide me.
So, that’s the state of things with me. I thank you all for your well wishes. It will be 5 weeks since the injury, tomorrow. A very looonnngg five weeks.
The MRI showed that the ligament was not torn, but badly sprained. The reason it reacted like a tear in my doctor’s stress tests was because of my other condition, the Chondromalacia Patellae. It’s a softening and deterioration of the cartilage. I’ve been working on this for decades, so I’m not surprised. I’m taking a supplement that will, optimistically, help bring blood flow and repair to the area. It would be nice to hike and bike without pain.
But, meanwhile, I’m still concentrating on walking and general mobility. I’ve progressed. I can walk unaided and without pain as long as I concentrate on keeping everything aligned. My doctor is going to give me an Rx for physical therapy so I learn exactly how far to push activity without exacerbating the injury. It will be a while before I’m back to full strength, but I’m very happy to be walking at all. Even if I can’t hike or bike, at least I will still be able to walk downtown and run my errands. I won’t be totally dependent upon the car. Oh, how I hate to HAVE to use the car to go anywhere. I apologize to the Universe every time I start the engine. *sigh*
I’m still kinda bored and mostly just sitting around the house, but I have great hopes of longer stints of mobility in the coming week. I think the hardest part right now, is knowing how much better the knee feels and being so tempted to push it. I am stuck in this gray area of wanting to do more but being afraid of doing too much. I don’t want to back pedal. Hopefully, the physical therapist will be able to guide me.
So, that’s the state of things with me. I thank you all for your well wishes. It will be 5 weeks since the injury, tomorrow. A very looonnngg five weeks.
