Finally!

After working at my extension (and flexibility, too, of course), I was delighted to get my measurements during physical therapy this morning.  Finally!!!  Yes, I'm finally at 0 extension which is as good as it gets.  That means I can now hold my leg completely straight.  Whew! It's been a bit of a struggle, but that makes this accomplishment all the more welcome.  In preparation for today's PT, I kept my ankle propped up on the towel roll (see yesterday) for a long time this morning and kept pressing down on my knee in hopes that I'd get to 0 today.  What a relief!  My flexibility is also getting steadily better.  It was 100 on Monday and 105 today, so I just have 15 more degrees before I get to the "fully functional" 120. 

Physical therapy is getting just a little bit more rigorous every time I go, but that's good.  That's the way it should be, and I continue to be both impressed and surprised that my therapist can seem to be so gentle and yet make me feel like I've had such a workout.  Whatever she's doing, it appears to be working!  On the other hand, just like Monday, I marched in without a cane at the beginning, and staggered out leaning on my cane at the end.  I get a workout, that's for sure.

It has become standard practice to have a low-key afternoon once PT is done, so that's what we did today.  After a yummy lunch of some very spicy Indian food brought to me by our lovely next-door neighbor, I retired to the couch to read and doze for the next couple of hours.  When Stan left to go pick up one of the granddaughters, I started making "Norwegian meatballs,"  a recipe on Pinterest that caught my eye yesterday.  Everything was made and simmering away when he got home, so it was a nice, homey evening with a tasty dinner.

The day was perhaps not all that exciting, but I'm happy to be able to record my steady progress.  Just as a note, I'll say that sleep continues to be an issue, but everything else is fine, so I'll try to be patient and assume that everything will be more or less back to normal a few weeks from now, and this will all just be a memory!