Fracture of tibial plateau

[Helene2013]

Went to see surgeon today for my swollen knee. There was so much fluid that I could not bend or walk properly. I sleep on my stomach and the stretch of my leg was making it so uncomfy to sleep even with pillows under leg. As soon as he saw that knee he sent me right away into his surgery area. He numbed the area and then proceeded to remove two full syringes (those bigger ones) full of synovial liquid. It was weird to see the knee come back to normal size as he was doing the procedure. Also did an infiltration.

Still off work another 4 weeks (for the fracture of tibial plateau, and now this issue).

No physiotherapy until Monday. I can resume what I was doing, but for the bike training warm-up
No cycling (on trainer) for another week but we will be able to increase resistence from 0 to 1, if the leg with extra fluid lets me.
No aquatherapy until next Friday (of next week)
No walking on left leg for 24hrs. I can walk at home, with crutches but not go all-day shopping. Once the next few days of remaining "calm" are over, I can start to use 50/50 weight on the fractured leg but not overuse the left one either. So much fun figuring all of this out.

He wants to see me back in 4 weeks and at same time will take an xray to see how the fracture healed.

So some more boring and quiet time at home. I'm fed up but it is what it is for now and I should be ok for summer. If I don't abuse of the knees. osteoarthritis is no longer helping but can be controlled to a certain point.

I'm sure I'm forgetting things but overall, it's been a helly winter on that front. But there are certainly worst things in life and we'll deal with this issue one day at a time.