12 Weeks Post-op - too much?
I am now 12 weeks post op. Good days and bad days. Wondering when it will be that I am pain free - that was the whole idea when I decided to have the surgery. I knew the commitment and long recovery but I don’t think I realized how patient I was going to have to be. Fully weight bearing and on and off walking with no limp at all. I have been doing a lot of ROM stretching and heel lifts - and walking ,walking, walking. I am averaging about 14 - 16 miles per week. Not sure if that is a lot or a little. I do a 1.5 mile loop at our house in the mountains which has a lot of up hill and down hill and am pretty sore and swollen after. Went to the gym for the first time tonight and I am concerned. I have been sore the past couple of days and tonight I did 15 minutes on the elliptical (no resistance) and then some easy stretching. My ankle is not really swollen that much except right around my scar - and there is a bulbous spot (much like the calcification before my surgery but soft - not hard) lump(s) there too. Maybe I did too much? Anyway - I am icing and plan on resting it tomorrow. Scar looks pretty good. Doc’s appt on the 20th so I will see what he has to say. He is very conservative so it will be interesting to see how he thinks I am progressing. I have a HUGE appreciation for all the hard work some of you have done to recover.
