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To: Cactus Jack who wrote (58567)	7/9/2003 6:01:23 PM
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Hi jpg, Hope your vacation is great. Tip one or two for me. So far my rehab has been focused on the upper & lower muscles of my leg. For the first three weeks of rehab the only exercise that made me bend my knee was on the stationary bike for 10 minutes with no resistance. During week four they added one more exercise that makes me bend my knee.... a leg lift set at 20 lbs. - 3 sets of ten. I asked why I'm not doing exercises to increase the muscles around my knee & the therapist said I was doing a program designed precisely for the type of surgery & extent of injury I had. Since neither my surgeon nor my therapist will give me a straight answer about the prognosis of any type of recovery, I'm beginning to doubt the prognosis is good. As I said, I had an extensive meniscus tear that had been ground to shreds during my 3 1/2 year fight with Workman's Comp. During that time the torn meniscus cut into knee carteliege. The surgeon had to cut more cartilage to smooth out the grooves so that there was a smooth surface in there once again. If not more surgery would be needed (as my knee would have shaved the high points down, perhaps causing even more damage from the newly created cartilage spurs). It's been more than a month now & I can't walk 25 feet without pain. If I sit in a straight chair for more than an hour, my knee swells & stiffens making it painful just standing up. And walking up or down steps is worse now than before. Another problem that lingers since surgery is nearly constant lower back pain. The night after surgery I woke up with constant searing pain at the bottom of my spine. Nothing I did lessened the pain, even doubling up on the pain medication. My therapist & surgeon called it 'positional', I.E., while I was on the table during the 2+ hours of surgery, the narrow, hard table & my limp lower half (had a spinal) may have caused a 'temporary' strain. Well after 4+ weeks, I don't think it's temporary. I have an appointment to see my physician Fri. Oh well, enough bitching & moaning. I'm even starting to bum myself out :-( Tim