Looks like I'm starting to turn the corner a bit now. I've been going to PT and this has helped (or at least not hurt) my recovery a bit. I'm getting a lot more m ability in the knee and for a fair amount of time each day I can actually walk around fairly normally--no limp! The pain is far more manageable and I'm off of all pain killers including Tylenol and am now able to sleep close to 8 hours a night--I still wake up 3-4 times a night but shift around a bit and the pain subsides....much easier to deal with now!
The big news is I am now able to tolerate riding on my Wahoo Kickr/Zwift set-up and after driving home from Kansas last Monday and Tuesday morning, I was able to ride for 6 consecutive days starting Tuesday afternoon. My last 4 weeks my bike mileage was: 19 miles; 60 miles; 36 miles and 128 miles this past week! I'm not putting out very impressive power (100-140 watts generally) but Its definitely heading in the right direction. I'm a little surprised at how challenging it is for my left quad, but I guess the inactivity has really detrained my left leg (and right for that matter).
I'm still just walking about 10 miles/week but I actually did a 2.2-miler yesterday, which was the longest of my post surgery and I plan to do more on it this week.
I'm just swimming 1-3X week right now mostly because of my schedule but I plan to ramp that up after Kara's wedding in a couple of weeks......
Onward and Upward!
