Three months!

Wow, it's been awhile.  Less and less does this feel like a major part of my life.  I think less and less about it and worry less and less about it. 

I am still going to PT every week and exercising for about an hour each day.  There are a lot of stretches and things like that still, but more time is spend on more taxing exercises such as squats, step-ups, clock steps, calf raises and general work with the weight machine.  Increasingly, I am using free weights when I do these exercises, which keeps them challenging. 

At PT I am doing what I think are more fun exercises.  They include throwing balls at trampoline while I balance on a squishy mat, sliding on what feels like a dry-erase board and using the stair climber.  I still spend about 30-40 minutes each day on the exercise bike and treadmill, which is good for my leg and my overall health. 

I rarely have much pain.  To be honest, my "good" leg can act up just as easily as the bad leg when I push myself too hard when I exercise.  I feel like I can kneel down a bit.  It just feels funny and I am loathe to put much of my weight on my bad knee while I am kneeling or crawling around with my kids. 

I still have a numb spot on my knee, which is fairly small.  I actually don't mind it.  It just feels funny at times.  As a nervous habit, I often rub it while I am wearing shorts. 

And I am not wearing shorts all too often nowadays.  It is cold and snowy here right now!  Thankfully, I have my trusty flexible brace and stronger legs to help me deal with the slippery conditions.

I hope everyone else's recovery is going well!

Thanks for the positive words, Ricoshay!

I think things are still going well.  Just a couple of things this week...

1.  They tested my leg strength to see if I might be ready to start jogging.  Looks like I have a 29% hamstring strength deficit in my surgically repaired leg (trying to avoid saying "bad").  Sounds like they would prefer me to be at 15%.  I assume my graft choice is playing some role and the fact that I am only really doing weighted hamstring curls during my physical therapy is the other.  I probably need to start heading to the gym and stop relying on what I have at home. 

2.  I notice that when I do leg extensions I am definitely feeling some thing in the way that gets uncomfrotable and sometimes pops as I bend my knee forward.  I am going to bring this up with my PT, but I am curious if this is common. 

I think when I mentioned "a pop" to my PT, he became a little concerned.  He did the standard ACL test, and thankfully I came out okay.  I wasn't too concerned until I saw his initial reaction to my story... 

Anyway, my hamstrings need work.  That's my weakest area and will be my focus over the coming weeks.