I had my first surgery (ACL repair) on Friday March 1st, and it went GREAT! By Monday I was able to lift my knee, could bend at ease at a 70 degree angle on my machine and was in great spirits. On the way to PT I lost control and my crutch bounced back and hit my knee, it crushed my knee cap. My Patella was fragmented into 3 portions according to my docs notes. It was excruciating and I had my second surgery on Weds. the 6th. I can't find much information about this happening often and I am just looking for some advice and to see if I can wrap my head around what will be ahead for me and my family, I feel like such a burden right now. Any words of advice would be great. Here is what I am doing so far.
-Drinking Milk daily- and eating cheese
-Eating oranges, broccoli, yogurt and taking tons of vitamins and probiotics
-elevating my leg and I sleep with it elevated too
-Flexing my quad as much as I can take the pain, I can only do 20 flexes at a time- I dread doing the flexes
-I stretch, get up often and try to rest as much as possible
What else can I do?
