Fracture of tibial plateau

[Aromig]

So that is excellent news. Just need to be patient and careful in getting back into shape, careful while walking, etc. Doc said fracture is healed, but still fragile at this stage.

So I find that is the HARDEST part of any recuperation -- being patient and not pushing everything immediately because I want to make it up ALL RIGHT NOW! Congrats on the good news!

[Helene2013]

Yesterday was 1st day back at work (progressive). Got beautiful flowers from the team. I had a nice day. Not too hard but I had tired legs after the day. Glad to be on a day off today. Working tomorrow and Thursday and off Friday. Should get better over time.

Did 2 bike rides this past weekend. 17km Saturday and a faster 20km on Sunday. Enjoyed temporary warmer weather as the cold is back. Afterall, it is mid-March and snow to be expected at some point.

Going on trainer now but it will only be 30 minutes max.

[OakLeaf]

So happy for you!

[Helene2013]

Update.
Back to work full-time for a few weeks now. Had synvisc One injected yesterday in both knees.

I can do most everything so far but walk good distances.

I did ask yesterday the surgeon how long it will take to get back to my normal walking without feeling a pull/pain on the right side of the knee since the fracture happened just over 3 months ago. He said to be very honest and serious that some people will never walk normally after such fracture. blah! But it is still "fresh" and we'll see.

I could not do much anyway until I got the Synvisc One since my cartilage is worn out and squatting, etc was sort of painful. So I should see some improvements in the next few weeks on that side. Seeing my PT Monday night so she will be able now to build my gym program now that the fracture has healed (at least functional) and injections are done.

TBC...

[OakLeaf]

Good luck going forward. It's really pretty early, though I know it must seem like forever. You still have a lot of recovering to do - try not to worry.

[Helene2013]

True it seems so long ago but it is not. And now with the Synvisc One injected yesterday that knee is swollen some. Nothing major, but enough to keep me from walking properly. So icing and Aleve again. But at least not painful. Just uncomfy. The other knee has no swelling, nothing. It feels just great. grrr

[Helene2013]

Well since I wrote this many things happened again. Nothing major but important at same time.

After injection, my right knee stayed swollen for about a month. The ortho had wanted to wait a month after I returned to work to get those Synvisc-One so I could get the knees in a "working" mode and see how they reacted once back at work. Well it did not go well. Not like the last time I had injections. The knee did not like being stressed again after the fracture. I had waited 6 weeks instead of the 4 for those synviscone. Should have waited more I think. Anyway, my weight was shifted to the left knee...which started to act up about a month ago. I slowed down my activities, did the my RICE technic, but still went on to do my 60km bike ride challenge (it was 110km but due to high winds and rain and cold I decided to cut it short to avoid more injuries.

Forward to now. I had was lucky enough to call Monday to see my ortho surgeon and get an appointment for 2-3 weeks to check my swelilng and the return of a baker's cyst. I did not want it to rupture like 2 years ago. Anyway, his secretary told me that he was going on vacation soon and appointments would only go end of July so I should not fool around and have the cyst checked out. So I went yesterday (Friday). Talk about good service. So I saw him. He told me that I did all the right things and it was good that I still kept active, all the while listening to my legs. He did not remove the fluids (is not a lot) as he said it would return and it was not hurting me. I do everything but it is just annoying and pain in the b**t. He did a shot of cortisone and told me to apply some Voltaren twice a day instead of taking Naproxen pills that get hard on stomach. If the cyst does not resorb in 3 weeks, he gave me a reference to go to an xray lab and they will remove the liquid in the cyst through ultrasound. But he is confident it should improve by then. He told me to see my PT and she can do me a back knee taping to help the cyst resorb. I was able to get that done at 3pm. So overall... I find myself pretty lucky to get all those specialists in a few hours and it was not an emergency.

He said no cycling for 48 hours. Limit my activities until Monday. Then I can resume...but gently to start of. I can wear an elastic bandage around the knee, but only to walk on longer distances and not to wear while sitting down since I have the taping in the back and it would make it too tight.

The fluid has reduced by half. I was able to walk without any discomfort today. Tonight is a little bit more sensitive but not much.

I go back on Monday night to see PT. She will see if this taping worked and if not, she will do the spider one type.

TBC...