Hi Stampers :
Happy Sunday friends !
Oh my goodness can you believe it is only (17) days till the 1st day of Spring . I am thinking by the way our winter has been this far we may not be in the warmer temps and snow free even if the calenders says we should be .
Either way just saying it makes me feel better already .
I thought I would share with you the photo we took the day I arrived in the ER and when they ended up having to cut my jeans off of me as you can tell my right leg is really swollen compared to the left . Here is another photo of what my jeans looks like after all the cutting was finished .
I ended up keeping them since they were my favorite jeans and hubby said we will get me another pair just like them later .
I am happy to report I survived my 1st week of out patient therapy . I got (3 ) more weeks (3) times a week . I was quite surprise how much the word spread around the office that when I came in on Thursday 4 therapists wanted to see my X-rays and were also amazed that I wasn't in a cast .They all said they don't see what happened to me very often.
The most painful part so far of therapy is when Ashley works on my scar tissue around my knee cap inside thigh YEWWW sends me to the moon I tell ya ….But when she works on my outer thigh muscle rubbing that~ feels amazing! So you know that old saying Good with the Bad right ? LOL! swear she has the boney-ist fingers in the world and gets right down the business .
Thank goodness for all the warm up excerises I do for 30 or so mins before she gets me . Then the ice down is also a top favorite .
I must say we have gone through so much ice in the Griffith home . I do not remember using this much ice with my past knee replacements . Frozen peas and frozen popcorn kernals don't last as long as regular ice . Thank goodness for Sams Club 20 lb ice bags which lasts almost a week .
On Friday I got my bend to 97 degrees and I am so excited about that …BUT I still have so much swelling in my leg .
Click HERE for a updated photo of my leg and what it looks like as of yesterday evening The Stri-strips are coming off now . It looks So much betterto me now and its amazing there is no itching,But where is does itch is behind my knee which is weird.
Yesterday I was hoping to get a video filmed for this upcoming week for you But Fridays PT had me icing alot and laid up for most of the day yesterday and standing while I film wasn't looking to promising . Maybe today will be better.
Here is my Sunday Share video .
Have a Wonderful Sunday Friends !
Until later.. Happy Stampin!
Mix crushed ice with alcohol and put in zip locks and freeze. Much softer on the owies and you won’t have to buy to much ice. Just re-freeze them. Hope you keep mending.
Dawn, wishing you a quiok recovery. I shattered my tibia 2 yrs ago; was non weight bearing for 6 wks. came home in wheelchair then went to walker on 1 leg, had to learn how to walk again. feeling helpless was the hardest not being able to do the simplest of things. I hear ya on the scar tissue, its painful but keep at it. at least your enjoying stamping, while i went thru this i had no desire for any of my crafts (maybe type of depression) look forward to walking without a limp, showering on your own, sweeping and best of all driving!!!! when you can go where and when you want. continue to pray for you and your family.
WOW you are a fast healer! It must be all that sweetness and love you have inside working its way to your scar. Glad to hear that you are improving every day!
So happy you are recouperating well. Lots of get well thoughts and prayers have been sent your way. Continue to improve!
God Bless…. you’re amazing.
Congrats on the degree of bending!
Don’t you dare worry about filming videos for us. Just rest and get yourself WELL!! Although I completely understand that healing therapy that comes with stamping. 🙂 I just don’t want you to worry about us. We want you better first. {hugs}
Dawn I just have to tell you that my son had meniscus repair done at about the same time of your accident and he finds the knee cap thing you are talking about painful too! One of the things the doctor gave us after the surgery is called a Cryo/Cuff. It replaces the need to use an ice pack or bag of ice. If you think you are going to be using ice for a long time yet (which you probably will) then maybe you could look into getting one. Here is a link. http://www.airbracestore.com/aircast/cold-therapy/knee-cryo-cuff
Also, are you done with PT in three weeks? Kyler has, literally, a few more months of PT before he is going to be released and I don’t think is issues (and it was just a town meniscus it was more than that) were as serious as yours. My email is ameslorie at gmail dot com if you want to chat. 🙂
Saying lots of prayers for you Dawn.I hope your knee recovery continues as well as it has been.
Mary in NH
SO HAPPY you’re doing better Dawn! I STILL can’t look at those photos! I TRY! I just can’t stand it! :/ KEEP UP the good PT work!!!! 🙂 PRAYING FOR YOU!!!!!!! 🙂
Oh my goodness Dawn. I am so sorry this happened to you. I am back in college, and I haven’t been keeping up to well. This is spring break, so I thought I would check in. I don’t post much, but usually I am pretty good with keeping up – until this semester! Hope you feel better and keep improving. Prayers and good wishes and thoughts for you.
Dawn that 97 is really good considering that it’s been such a short time..Continued success and you do heal well.
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The water to alcohol mixture is 2 parts water to 1 part alcohol. My mom’s PT gave it to us when she broke her hip. The mixture doesn’t freeze all the way and that makes it nice to wrap around the area.
Just an FYI.
Glad to hear you are recovery nicely.
Dawn you are amazing!… I can’t believe how good your whole leg looks after all you’ve been through… many blessings to you and sending tons of good healing wishes your way.