NOTES - Your success stories :

Post op... doing great - - Posted by Riosilia (Riosilia), 3 July 2003

Today is my 3 week aniversity (surgery date was June 12th) and I had a patellofemoral ligament and lateral retinaculum repair, along with a chondroplasty.  

Things are great!  The only problem now is having enough patience not to push it.  At home I can walk without my hinged brace but I still have to wear it outside.  My ROM is 130, however, my therapist told me to keep it down because that is a little too high.  I'm already doing straight leg raises with 5 pounds and some closed chain exercises (ie. leg press, mini squats, theraband).  My VMO is slowly coming back; I can almost see it.  

I'm ahead of schedule and I'm so ready to keep moving along!  Hopefully the rest of my recovery will be this smooth.  Now all I need is some patience.  

         ~Riosilia
Posted by Iona_-Uk (Iona), 4 July 2003

Hi Riosilia

Thats absolutely fantastic, just the type of thing we need to hear about.

I'm so glad it's all worked out fantastically for you and keep up the rehab at a steady pace & you'll be back to full fitness very soon.

TC
Iona
Posted by enuff81020 (enuff81020), 4 July 2003

Congratulations on this success Riosilia!!!

this is great news and you may be skipping your way to college in the fall--tee hee.

I'm so happy for you!

Hugs, Sylvia
Posted by Linds (Linds), 8 July 2003

I am so glad to hear that you are getting better. Glad to hear you are ahead of schedule, glad to hear everything, you deserve a fair shot at being a teenager like everyone else. Wishes for continued success in your recovery.
HUGS
Linds

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