Time Away, Physio, Painkillers and More Physio

I had a great time away in Cromer, staying with friends and got to see the sea! Yay! I spent most of my time there playing games with the kids. On the Friday evening, we went to a Quiz Night which was to raise money for one of the boys' football team. We came 8th out of 11 teams!

I had physio again on Monday and have been advised to increase my painkillers as the pain I get when trying to bend my knee is inhibiting what the physios can do. This means that I will now be taking some strong painkillers which make me very drowsy and also affect my being able to sleep at night. Please pray that I will be able to sleep despite this.

I am continuing with the exercises the physio had given me previously as well as adding in new ones that I was given on Monday.

I have physio again on Friday and I'm looking forward to going for a meal with friends from University on Saturday.

Hope you're well.

Rebecca

Update

I saw the physio again today who advised there is a slight improvement in the strength of my quad muscle (the one above my knee!) which is good as I only had 3 days from the last appointment til today to work on it!

He has also given me some more exercises to do and suggested that I go swimming once a week. I have 2 appointments next week so hopefully there will be some more good news then.

Mum and I are off to visit friends in Norfolk tomorrow so I'm looking forward to the change of scenery and catching up with them.

I'll post again next week to update on progress.

Long Road Ahead!

Today I had physio and was dreading the fact that it may be very painful and that I would not cope with it. The physio was very nice and has told me that it will be a long road ahead as we need to strengthen my quad muscles and then we can begin to work on the range of movement.

I have been given various strengthening exercises to do including one where mum or dad will need to lift my leg to a particular height and then let go and for me to hold it there...this has 3 different directions that each work a different part of the muscle harder. This is in addition to the strengthening exercises I have already been doing.

I have also been advised that I need to keep the range of movement I already have so need to be trying to bend my knee frequently and have an exercise to do for that too!

I am seeing the physio again on Monday and will possibly be being referred for Hydrotherapy again.

Will post again once I have any more information.

Physio...Ouchy!!!!

Just thought I'd do a quick post to let you all know that my first physio appointment is booked for Thursday at 8.30 in the morning. I'm not looking forward to this but know that hopefully the process will aid the recovery of my knee.

Will blog again after physio to let you know how it went.

We Made It, Despite The Snow!

Well, we made it to the hospital just under two hours early for my appointment as we left home early because of the snow. It took us just over an hour to get from Bracknell to Reading!

The consultant has advised that there is nothing more that can be done surgically at the moment as it appears to be tracking in the right position but that my kneecap is pretty much useless because of the damage to it!

They are arranging for me to have intensive physio, which will be extremely painful to try to get my knee moving but the consultant will keep an eye on progress with regular check ups. The first being at the end of April.

I found this outcome to be somewhat disappointing as I had hoped he would be able to do the surgery and that would improve my knee. I am very scared that the physio won't work as it didn't work when they tried it before...but will give it a very good go and work hard at it again!

I will post again once I have news of when the first physio appointment will be!

A Day Out!!!

Well, as mentioned in previous posts, my friend Vicki was planning a day out for me. So, today we went to Reading for a tour of the cafes as suggested by her sister, accompanied by my cousin!

We got the Park & Ride bus from Loddon Bridge and then made our way into the Oracle for some retail therapy in HMV and Disney Store, followed by lunch at Pizza Hut and then met my aunty later in the afternoon after some more retail therapy of the clothing variety!

Vicki and I then went off to try and find her some Wellie boots for her field trip and crepes in John Lewis...yum yum and my cousin has gone for dinner with her mum and friend!!!

I'm off to the church prayer meeting tonight for part of the 24hours of prayer which ends our week of prayer!

Will blog again on Monday once I know the outcome from the hospital!

Less Than a Week!

It is now less than a week until I have my appointment with the consultant. I am feeling very nervous and very excited at the same time but trusting that God knows what is best for me so whatever the outcome, He knows what He's doing even if I don't understand.

Mum will be coming with me and so will my friend Vicki. We will be writing down all our questions before we go so that we know what information we want to be able to gain a positive outcome from the appointment.

Vicki has decided that we need to have a day where we just chill and have fun so she is organising something for Friday which she says is a surprise (but I just think she doesn't know what we're doing yet!!!!).

I have started to try and read my Bible in a year and I'm following the programme that was recommended by Simon, the Senior Pastor at my church. I'm finding it really good and hopefully will be able to keep it up as I think it will be really beneficial for me to do this as I have never done it before.

I'm off to lunch with a friend in an hour and have some things I need to get done before that, so better stop blogging and get on.

Hope you're having a good week.