Week eight was similar to week seven again. I didn't bother attempting to use the Alter G treadmill at PT. Again, the only positive thing to note was a little improvement in range of motion (I believe I finally got past 90 degrees...but it was a very uncomfortable 90 degrees). It's been tough to get the tightness and swelling out of my knee. The PT provided me with a compression sleeve to wear - I think it helped some with the pain because it provided some stability. The pain was also managed by me just being more diligent in all my movements in an attempt to not exacerbate anything. I contacted the doctor/physician assistant again and they continue to think much of my struggles are attributed to swelling in my knee still. They recommended I hit the Naxproxen hard and ice, ice and more ice.
Living in MN does not help the situation any, especially considering it's winter time. Well my worst fear came true when I slipped on some snow/ice. I ended up catching myself on my bad leg of course. I did feel a little pop, so of course I became concerned. Fortunately, I did not experience any pain or swelling associated with it. Still, I couldn't say I know if I did or didn't do something further to my knee. Time will tell.
I will not deny these past few of weeks and the struggles have caused me doubt my choice to proceed with this surgery. I was able to do pretty much anything prior to it (of course followed by symptoms I would experience afterwards) and it's started to make me think I may not get back to that point again. Of course it's still very early, but to have the majority of my pain located in a spot in which I had no pain before the surgery is concerning to me. If it were not for the MRI back in the summer, I wouldn't have even known anything was wrong with the medial side of my knee. So the challenge continues...
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