Back to the grind
Well, this week, I started back to work, but from home. Worked Monday-Wednesday at home, with my leg elevated. Once the over throbbing went away, I began to keep it propped up, just not resting on the floor like normal. That worked well. Well enough, that I decided to try and work at my normal cubicle. Since there is a fair amount of walking involved to actually get to my desk, I drove to work, rather than taking light rail in as I normally do. Still using my crutches for distances, although at home I am walking around without them. I have my leg propped up on a box of all things! Tried propping it up on my desk, but it isn't very comfortable:
You can actually see my wrapped knee through the blue jeans. Might try some different things.In the meantime, my office chair broke. It had a crack in it when I acquired it over a year ago, and seems to have decided that now is the time to commit suicide. Bad timing. So now, I am scrounging to find another one. Budget woes are apparently hampering our ability to order needed things, such as something to sit on.
I have been feeling what I think is "suture pull" for the past few days. As tissue begins to heal, with sutures in place, the whole area feels like it is being tugged on. Hard to know for sure, since the feeling is not quite normal. Been doing the quad set exercises that apparently were supposed to have been included with my post-op instructions, but were not. I know them anyway, so its not a biggie for me. Even sitting at my desk I do them. I have noticed there appears to be fluid accumulation around my knee, right around the suture site, going up the medial side of my knee and over the kneecap. I sure hope it is just post-op, and not the seroma back again. I'd be "extremely disappointed" if this was all for nothing, except making it worse. So, I've been wrapping the ace wrap tighter than it was wrapped post-op, hoping to convince my body to absorb the fluid back. Hope it works...
Trying to see when I can ditch the crutches. I have to admit, when walking distances, it is more comfortable than walking without.
In the meantime, I am going back to EMS in a supervisory capacity for a few weeks. No kneeling for me for a while... got to be a compliant patient. Got several new EMTs, and I don't want them working without good supervision.
You can actually see my wrapped knee through the blue jeans. Might try some different things.In the meantime, my office chair broke. It had a crack in it when I acquired it over a year ago, and seems to have decided that now is the time to commit suicide. Bad timing. So now, I am scrounging to find another one. Budget woes are apparently hampering our ability to order needed things, such as something to sit on.
I have been feeling what I think is "suture pull" for the past few days. As tissue begins to heal, with sutures in place, the whole area feels like it is being tugged on. Hard to know for sure, since the feeling is not quite normal. Been doing the quad set exercises that apparently were supposed to have been included with my post-op instructions, but were not. I know them anyway, so its not a biggie for me. Even sitting at my desk I do them. I have noticed there appears to be fluid accumulation around my knee, right around the suture site, going up the medial side of my knee and over the kneecap. I sure hope it is just post-op, and not the seroma back again. I'd be "extremely disappointed" if this was all for nothing, except making it worse. So, I've been wrapping the ace wrap tighter than it was wrapped post-op, hoping to convince my body to absorb the fluid back. Hope it works...
Trying to see when I can ditch the crutches. I have to admit, when walking distances, it is more comfortable than walking without.
In the meantime, I am going back to EMS in a supervisory capacity for a few weeks. No kneeling for me for a while... got to be a compliant patient. Got several new EMTs, and I don't want them working without good supervision.
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