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I figured since I’ll be posted up for about 8 weeks… I might as well document this whole experience.
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Week 4 Day 4
Well I’m on Day 4 of Week 4… Man this process is long!! I could blog everyday but this past week is like groundhog day. It’s pretty much the same over and over. I can however move my leg on my own without the brace on. Before it felt like a ton of bricks! Man…
Day 24
Yeah it’s day 24… I haven’t taken the perscribed meds that were given to me in almost 2 weeks. I felt I really didn’t need them. I take Tylonol and that does that trick… then I only that take at night before I go to bed so hopefully get a decent nights sleep. I’m in…
Day 19…
Yeah so I had my first Physical Therapy yesterday and it went well. I didn’t realize how much my Quad had atrophied so bad. When trying to take a bath I couldn’t even raise my leg up, it was like my leg wasn’t even part of my body. Not even close to lifting it. But…
CPM… boring be ready
Yeah so the CPM machine… ok yeah it’s slow and it’s slow… As a person who was always on the go and non stop its a real hard adjustment to just sit and let a machine move your leg. I don’t have any Netflix shows and I don’t have Hulu. I have recommendations from folks…
Week 1 Day 3
Oh yeah In the CPM machine for at least 6 hours a day… Right now I’m moving at 30 degree’s. The first week was 20 degrees. So it’s moving a bit more but it’s still not very much. Time… I break up the CPM machine into about 2 hours at a time. That seems to…
0 Week almost over!
So I had my post operation appointment today. Everything is going well. My suture is doing great and it should be a few days and I can let water run over it with no bandage on. I never thought I would be balancing so much… no weight bearing means right now I’m just toe touching!…
Atrial Fibrillation with RVR
Well I get home Friday afternoon and my heart was going crazy! Like 152 BPM and it seemed like my heart was skipping beats… my wife checked and we made our way to the ER. They checked my plus and it was AFIB with Rapid Ventricular Response my heart rate was between 160-150 and wouldn’t…
I will never forget…
Well I had the surgery on Friday the 7th… I was pretty nervous about the surgery but still pretty positive about it. My wife Kristy was there for me giving me all the support I needed. But the surgery before me cancelled so I was bumped a little early. I was scheduled at 0800 but…
Date is set…
Well my date is set… February 7th… I don’t know they time because they haven’t told me yet. I’m sure it will be in the afternoon so I starve until my surgery! HA!
Waiting…
Yeah waiting is the worst part of this whole thing. Because of insurance stuff… it’s been causing delays. So now my surgery got pushed out another few weeks…
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Britt Sanchez ACI Knee Experience 2020 