At six months post-op, I am doing the following:
- walking 3-5 miles without pain
- biking 2-3 hours without problems
- attending spinning classes twice a week
- attending aerobic dance class twice a week
- keeping up with yoga
- this past weekend, I bounded up and down the sand dunes with Stella--no pain, no after effects
Things I can't do:
- kneel
- move my legs sideways quickly or easily (affects my ability to do some dance steps)
- sleep with my knees together (that's where the little memory foam pillow comes in)
That's about it. It has become my new "normal."
3 comments:
You're doing terrific! We all have limitations, whether from new knees or other physical or emotional reasons.
Awesome news. 4 days post op and Milt already tells me that the pre-surgery pain is worse than the post-surgery pain. Now, patience for the recovery period needs to kick in for him.
He'll do great. It's such an enormous relief to be out from under that chronic pain, I find that I have more and more energy every day. I am grateful grateful grateful.
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