New Knee @ Work

Well it had to happen sooner or later: I started back to work this week. As I am a software engineer at a large aerospace company I spend my time at work in front of a computer. I generally get plenty of mousing exercise but not much in the way of other exercise at work. Theron lies a problem. My knee has behaved wonderfully while I stay active but it really does not like prolonged sitting! I got back from work feeling stiff and achy. I'm trying to figure out ways to fight that!

New Knee Status: Three Month Checkup

Two momentous things on the calendar today: I started back to work and I had my three month check with the surgeon.

Funnest part of the doctor visit was getting X-Rays. I am just geeky enough to enjoy getting to see the new hardware in my knee. I had actually thought that I still had the lower screw in (leftover from my ACL repair back in the day). As it turns out it was my upper screw that the doctor left in. I posted the after picture on my blog page and if you look at the line of the inner leg in the before and after picture you can see how bow legged I was in the before shot. The doctor was quite happy with everything he saw in the X-Ray. He reiterated his admonishment that this process was a 9 month process and I was not there yet. I still have numbness on the outside side of the knee and I still have stiffness and pain after sitting for any length of time. These are gradually getting better and it is rare that I have to take pain meds to manage discomfort.
Even though it was a very short work day because of doctor and physical therapy visits I was glad to get in and get into my computer and reset my long forgotten passwords! I brought the laptop home with me so I could attempt to catch up with work email.