Dr.'s Report

At the doctor's office today, I found that the leg is progressing. The healing process is not really fast, but I can tell that it is getting stronger and less painful day by day. It still feels unstable, especially when trying to go up stairs. He says he can tell from the MRI that there were damages to the area around the knee. He says he is going to prescribe that I start therapy to see if that will give it the strength I need. He also said that there is another thing to do, and that was to fill it with steroid to see if that would hasten healing. If that isn't successful, he will go in and scope it, which he says would be an out-patient procedure, but it is invasive. I was given the steroid shot in the knee while I was at his office today. He says I can start trying to go up stairs using the bad leg. So when we got home, I tried going up the stairs out of the garage (3 of them). Clarine assisted me. I was not very successful, but I did test it. I now know that it is all right to try according to the doctor. I do not know when my therapy will begin yet. They are supposed to call me, so I can get started. I am concerned that my initial attempt for the ailing leg to lift me up a stair step was so traumatic. Maybe it will strengthen as I try more. gwh