Physio number 2

Went to see the physio on Friday last. I phoned them the day before and luckily they had a cancellation, otherwise I wouldn;t have got an appointment for another 10 days since they are moving to a new site.

So, I saw Roy who I had seen when I first did the injury and he had a good look at it and watched me walk about before saying that he thought it was all going really weel. My notes say 'routine operation' which is good and everything is working as it should at this stage. My knee bend is 90 degrees and I can straightewn my leg pretty well too.

He gave me some more exercses to do, hamstring stretches, squats and balancing on one leg...which is harder than it sounds for someone who's had a new ligament put it. My body just didn;t want to know about standing on one leg and kept trying to find a centre of gravity on my left hand side. It's getting better now though.

So, all in all I'm still pretty positive, we went out for a couple of walks over the weekend, 2 miles and then 1 mile and it felt OK. I basked my kneecap yesterday though which was a bit worrying but (hopefully) it sems to be OK now although looks a little more swollen than it was.

The other good news is that Roy booked me back into the ACL class starting on Monday 4th October. This is a simialr calss to what I used to go to and means I'll be back with all the other ACL patients, both deficient and reconstructed. SO, there may be a few familiar faces to swap stories with there. Can;t wait really. It's OK this being at home but now the recovery has started I just want to get there. Slowly does it though.