The CT copay stands alone, it turns out. I will have an additional copay of $300 for the hospital. Oh, well. I'm still better off than a whole host of other people.
The room is coming along, but still have a number of things to do. They are small things, though. Physically, I'm getting to the point where I just want to get it over with so it can start feeling better. Now I find myself trying to bend it more, like I'm trying to rehab it. Then I realize that it isn't going to get better that way. And new knee or not, I may never again be able to stretch my quads so far that I can touch my butt with my heel (not that I really need to do that). What it tells me, though, is that I will work it afterward in the same way - unconsciously stretching and bending all the time - which is good.
I received two more votes for "do the exercises like they tell you" from a couple of people at BCPA. In spite of being more ready to get this done, I am still a little anxious about it. I have never been in the hospital overnight, except when I have had babies. As for the pain, I can handle that. And I can use both legs, no crutches. So why am I scared, when the recovery seems like it will be way easier than my ankle? Is it because I'm afraid that I might be minimizing it and will be unpleasantly surprised? I don't know.
I got an email from HJ, my "knee buddy", today. At five weeks after surgery, they say he is at the six-week point, and can bend the knee to 128 degrees (120 was his goal). In addition to the Vitamin E oil he suggested for the scar (after it is healed over), he said I should get an 8" ball to use for therapy - not sure for what, exactly, but I found one that will work.
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