I have a confession...

 ...I'm having an affair! I reach to it twice at night and crave the numbing effect it gives my thigh...
Cryocuff, you are better than chocolate because you do not put me into a diabetic coma if I use too much of you. I had never heard of such thing until Mary introduced us in December, just after I injured myself. 
CC (as I lovingly call it) brings the combination of cold therapy and compression plus assists in controlling swelling, oedema, and pain. Many orthopaedics, sports specialists, allied health professionals, and general know-it-alls live, and swear by this, and I happily endorse it. The best way to relieve my pain is to numb it. Since the op I have been applying CC every 3 hours for about 20 minutes, with special consideration after physio.

Can anyone tell me why my knee cap has shifted to the left?

 Another confession: I really haven't pooped for 4 days...No I do not look or feel bloated, and am having no problems passing gas (in fact Kevin and I regularly battle each other out), but due to constant nausea, I am although drinking at least 2lt a day, my appetite is non-existent.
Kevin has developed a "poop-shake" for my breakfast:

POOP-SHAKE

• soy milk half a cup
• prune juice half a cup
• 1 banana
• 5 strawberries
• 1tbsp Manuka honey
• 1 scoop of natural, unsweetened yoghurt  

Blend all ingredients together, serve chilled...

It's super tasty and of course you can add extra fibre to it for more "bang" but for the average normal GI tract, this should do the trick. 

I am now taking supplements, we eat a high fibre, roughage diet anyway, plus I have added dried apricots to the mix. However, I think I just have reduced motility as all the symptoms are pointing towards that. Kevin agrees that I am showing a bit of a belly, but otherwise it's still flat... Thought I'd share that with you all as this is such a normal side effect associated with opioid use, and it only takes a couple to bung-up a girl. Reason number 57 why I want to stop taking them.

Still not straight...must work harder

This is what I call a wimpy bruise..and a lopsided stance!

 Good news to share: I am now walking with just 1 crutch, putting 100% weight transfer onto the right leg, and when I lie on my back and bend my right knee up until the foot is firmly planted on the floor! Shall take a photo of this little milestone. Am stoked as this morning I could not get the foot flat on the floor, but tonight as I slowly eased the leg up and bent at the knee, the foot came down. 


Kevin has also been mobilising the patella. He holds the knee cap with each hand on either side and slowly moves the cap from side to side. By doing this he assists with moving the stagnant fluid sitting under the patella around the joint, and if there are any adhesions this will help break them apart. It feels uncomfortable but it's got to be done. Nothing I do is not painful. The movements are slow and controlled but everything hurts and it is so tight that I feel I could rip it all. But if I don't move, it gets stiff, I hurt, I take more drugs, we OD on the Pooper shake, and life just falls apart! 

Sarah's physio schedule: post op day 4

• 20 mins light yoga stretch on mat (upper body and breathing exercises)
• 20 mins right knee specific strengthing exercises
• Breakfast
• 10 min balance/walking practise (aka, pacing the kitchen) and assisted demi-squat by the kitchen sink
• soil fluffing! (light gardening)
• 20 mins pilates: used the mat and resistance band (upper body and core)
• NAP
• half a block slow walk holding this really hot guy's hand...bonus!
• 10 right knee strengthening exercises  

Thigh measurement: 16 inches

Thigh muscle: non-existent...shite!