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Hi Meredith, welcome to the TTT world. I was shocked to read that you have no exterior staples or stitches.....Fulkersons procedures are an open knee surgery kinda have to do it that way to get the screws in and to cut the bone...so I am curious as to how yours was done without and exterior stitching!To clarify for you, a TROM is a type of post op brace (One of those huge hinged jobs) and stands for total range of motion. Currently my leg is locked straight and I am unable to get any range of motion. Eventually my doc will re-set the brace to allow me to bend my knee a little.The excercises I've been told to do are very simple and very passive. Ankle pumps, just moving your ankel up and down, quad contractions and straight leg lifts in my brace. Don't do ANY excercise not cleared by your doctor! I can put weight on my leg too, about 50% weight bearing with crutches. I really laid low for the first six days of the surgery keeping my leg elevated, iced and compressed to control bruising and swelling. Worked like a charm!Keep us updated on how you are doing! We will be here on this thread! Be careful with the snow, if you are in VT you know what it's like. It;s snowing like mad here in Maine now, and I already stumbled over wet crutches during PT this morning. Slammed all my weight down onto the bad knee. Lucky for me the TROM brace does it's job and kept my knee supported! But MAN did it hurt!!!See ya later,Goose