Today I went back to see my doctor.
The good news is that the x-rays showed good healing of the shin at the tibial osteotomy and at the femur where he drilled for the added tendon.
Four weeks ago I could actually see on the x-rays a line in my shin bone and the hole in my femur.
Today I saw nothing!
I didn't say anything, but I think the calcium supplements helped.
In other news... he's not happy about my bending progress. He even called over to my physical therapist to tell him to work me harder. And in a couple weeks he will most likely give me a cortisone shot if he doesn't see marked improvement.
Now I'm REALLY looking forward to Thursday's therapy session!
He said he really wants to get things moving because it's been a "bumpy road."
Makes me think that I'm not progressing the way he would like.
Or maybe he's just referring to the little things like the itchy rash that covered my leg (a reaction to the orange stuff they put all over my leg) and the insomnia... I can't think of anything else he would be referring to. Oh, maybe the numbing that's left in my foot which is down to just a tingling in my toes now.
I've been taking Benadryl and Tylenol to sleep at night for about a week now. It's nice to get sleep, but he told me that Benadryl doesn't give you "good" sleep. If it persists I'm supposed to go see my family doctor.
He also adjusted my brace so that it will rotate to 120 degrees and suggested that it may be doing me more bad then good at this point. I'm only supposed to wear it now when I feel like I need some protection. The same with the crutches. Use one or both as needed.
Apparently I need to focus on walking correctly too because he stopped me as I was leaving to show me what I was doing wrong.
Walking is so complicated!
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