Three days post-op and I can bend my knee almost as well as right before the surgery (which admittedly wasn't that great) and the knee is about the same size as before surgery (which was much larger than the other one, probably something to do with all the fluid build-up and the 2cm cyst behind the knee cap). I haven't taken any pain meds other than ibuprofen in 24 hours, and I don't need the crutches at all.
This is *so* much better than the last time. I can even do stairs, though it's not great, and down is still either one step at a time, or backwards. I don't imagine that steps in the shuttle at work are ever going to be something good, but it does look like I'm going to be back as good as I ever was after the first surgery. And that's an improvement over the last year.
And now for a shower this afternoon, since even the thought of trying to get into, nevermind out of, a bathtub makes me cringe.
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