Four months post-op

I'm gradually returning to normal activity. This past weekend was spent doing yard work--the intensive, bend-plant-pull-chop-dragstuffupthehill activity. And this went on for three days. Sure, I was sore by the end of the weekend, but the knees are doing fine. It was that feel-good-because-you-worked-too-hard hurt.

I have signed up for a cardio dance/pilates class that will start in June, meeting on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I have signed up for my Wednesday yoga class (which starts today at noon). I am walking more than 10,000 steps a day on most days, and walking for up to an hour when the mood suits me. I am working on a plan to return to spinning class at least 2 days a week, maybe by next week.

The only thing I can't do is bend the way I did before. I was one of those hyper-flexible people, so my bending looks an awful lot like Millard's bending, and he's never had his knees replaced.

All in all, I'm learning to manage the back pain so my focus has now completely shifted back to weight loss and fitness. It's been a very good journey.

I am still happy to discuss my process, or yours, if you are contemplating this surgery. Just send me an email.

--Violet