end of 1st month

Let's gooooooooo. This week has been interesting, but in a good ish way. I'll get to that eventually. Anyway, on Monday I was walking to the DC (my dining area) and slipped in the mud and bent my knee past what it usually bends. This was probably the second worst pain of my life, behind when I actually tore my acl. My leg was twitching slightly and I couldn't move my knee at all. Immediately I was worried that I tore my graft or did some other kind of damage, but I didn't twist it in any way, just bent it back. It was really sore in the back of my knee the rest of Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, I lost a lot of range of motion, and the knee felt weak when standing on it. I asked one of my teachers, who is the head athletic trainer, and my therapist today if they thought I did any real damage and they said they don't think so as the graft is really strong the first few weeks after surgery, then it weakens. So, to sum this story up, I was really worried, but I don't think I hurt anything. I've been working on getting my extension back that I lost from the fall and it's already back to "normal," or where it was pre fall. And now for some very good news: that sharp pain that was in the back of my knee when trying to work on flexion is now gone. Because of the fall? I guess so. But whatever, I'm just glad that it's gone and now I can work on getting my flexion back. Now there's still pain, but it feels just like it did before surgery, like it's stretching the joint in a good way and I can make progress. And some more good news: I was curious as to how much flexion I had after doing some of my rehab exercises, and I'm past 90 degrees with only mild pain. Seeing as how getting to 90 degrees was extremely painful the last time I tried to bend my knee, I'm pretty happy. So even though it was horribly painful, I guess the whole thing turned out for good in the long run. Hopefully now I can work on my extension and flexion now with no difficulties and make some progress.

I look back at where I was exactly one month ago from today, and I've made tons of progress. Back then I nearly passed out going 5 feet to the bathroom and now I can walk around and do light rehab and have my normal life somewhat back. I know I have a lot of work ahead of me, but I'm gonna work hard and get back to normal and hopefully be playing sports again (not all out) by the end of summer. Anyway, thanks for following my progress! Check back again on Sunday when I'll post with all the progress I've made.