7 week review

I really wish my knee would just get better at this point. I've pretty much forgotten what it's like to have two normal legs and be able to run and jump and do all the things I love doing. But I guess I should tell you about this week and any progress. I'm making good progress on flexion, I think I'm past 100 degrees now. And after putting my knee in a brace that cranks it straight for half an hour, I can lay both legs flat on the floor and I'm only a few degrees away from being perfectly straight. But the motion of bending and straightening is not smooth like my good knee. Like I can get it to go straight after working on it and get it to bend pretty far after pushing it, but then it's stiff and won't go the other direction without pain. So if I make it straight and try to bend it, it hurts and vice versa. Then after an hour or so I lose the ability to fully straighten it or bend it pretty far, which is frustrating. So I can get it to a pretty good ROM, but it doesn't stay. Hopefully this will change over time. But now for some positive news, I made my first revolution on a bike pedal. Before I was just going back and forth with my bad knee extended but now I can go all the way around. So I'm hoping that this means I can bike outdoors soon. And I'm starting to get some muscle tone and the swelling is going down but at a snail's pace. So overall, this week was pretty good as I made some solid progress.