Another update on my knee

I'm sure anyone reading this will be bored, so please, don't feel obligated.

I am updating my home stay after rehab.

I have physical therapy twice a week at the rehab center down the street (it's about 1-1/2 miles away).  It's really not a bother at all.  I actually look forward to it.

On April 11th I'll be having my left knee replaced and while I'm strengthening the right knee after surgery, the therapists are also working with me to get  my left leg muscles toned up and strong.  Not walking for 10 years has really atrophied my legs.

I found out today that our local senior center has a Nu-Step machine -- the machine that was my first instrument of torture after surgery.  It became my best friend toward the end of my stay in the Care Center because I could read my Kindle while I pedalled before the stretching and bending and pulling began.  At first, however, whoo-boy, did that hurt.  In fact, one of the therapists said he wished his phone had a camera because he would have loved to have a record of my face as I struggled to get through those first 15 minutes.

Now, I can walk with no pain on the right side.  I love it. 

I have dreamed for years that I could walk, and I knew I was dreaming because there was no pain in those dreams.  I could go up and down steps without pain -- haven't mastered that yet, in fact, the fear factor hits me every time I try to go up or down stairs.  I push through and find that the stairs are not as bad as I thought, as long as I can hold on.  I know that's something they will really push me on at the after-surgery rehabilitation in April/May.

So, exactly three months from the day of the right knee TKR, I will have TKR on the left knee.  I'm really looking forward to it -- not the operation specifically, but the end-result. 

Vacation this summer should really be great.  I'll be walking.

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