We went to Cleveland today, and all is well. My knee (bone-osteotomy wise) is healing as it should be and looks really good. My need is tracking clinically well and is not hyper-mobile. My surgeon thinks I'm not going to have any problems with either knee down the road. Since the majority of my reconstruction was boney work it will stay permanently, where as soft tissue reconstruction combined with my EDS will overtime loosen up and often need re-worked. He doesn't think that will be the case. We're going to be realistically optimistic about my knees in hoping that this will be the end of reconstructions, knee wise that is.
The goal is to be able to start being more physically active this summer, or at least as much as the rest of my body allows me to. Once I get to the point where I'm able to do more physically it's going to be extremely important for me to maintain that to avoid other issues down the road. Hopefully, I'll be able to start biking as my main source of exercise. That's something which is safe for my knees and hips, but will also not flare up my shoulders and hopefully not my back either. Swimming is another option, but that causes problems with my shoulders, so I'll most likely have to avoid that. My shoulders aren't a huge problem yet, but they defiantly have major instability which I would like to avoid increasing for as long as possible.
So, the goal for this summer is to be able to bike on a regular basis.
I like biking and you have a good trails near your neighborhood. Maybe swimming with a kickboard or "floaties" on your arms would keep the body parts up without having to move them. Best wishes and what a nice time of year to be outdoors. Take care.
ReplyDeleteLove, Gary and Barb