I am going back to work on Monday.
I am scared.
I think I have forgotten how to teach.
I think I have forgotten how to get up at 6.20 every morning.
Oh lordy.
Wanna see my shoes?
Saturday 15 March 2008
Sunday 9 March 2008
Update.
I haven't written for a while. Not for any particular reason, just coz. I'm still not entirely sure anyone reads this but I want it to be out there in case someone who is awaiting/researching their own ACL op has the chance to read my experience.
So, I have now finished my hydrotherapy and thought it was really helpful. Because I was like the only person who attended all the classes when I was supposed to the 2 physios were really helpful and let me do different exercises to really work on my flexion. In my physio gym classes Andre the mean physio had commented that my flexion was really bad, so I really wanted to prove him wrong! They were really good. And Siobhan, one of the physios, told me that to stop the pain I was getting behind my knee cap I should use my fingers to move my kneecap around, which I have been doing and it has really helped.
I have also finished my physio group classes. They were hard, but my leg is definitely stronger now so at least they worked. At the moment I am doing quite a lot of work at home to keep up my strength. I do at least 45 minutes on my bike each day, a session on my pilates machine, and gym ball work. If I am feeling motivated I also do about half an hour on the treadmill.
I have not gone back to work yet. I am due to go back on March 17th. I am so scared. 3 months is the point when the graft is weakest, and I am at 3 months at the moment. I am hopefully going to see Occupational Health this week so that they can assess what position I will be in when I get back. It'd be so much easier if I worked in an office but being a Nursery Teacher is a much more active job than I think a lot of people realise! My surgeon wanted me to go back after 6 weeks!! Ha!
So that is all really.
Over and out.
So, I have now finished my hydrotherapy and thought it was really helpful. Because I was like the only person who attended all the classes when I was supposed to the 2 physios were really helpful and let me do different exercises to really work on my flexion. In my physio gym classes Andre the mean physio had commented that my flexion was really bad, so I really wanted to prove him wrong! They were really good. And Siobhan, one of the physios, told me that to stop the pain I was getting behind my knee cap I should use my fingers to move my kneecap around, which I have been doing and it has really helped.
I have also finished my physio group classes. They were hard, but my leg is definitely stronger now so at least they worked. At the moment I am doing quite a lot of work at home to keep up my strength. I do at least 45 minutes on my bike each day, a session on my pilates machine, and gym ball work. If I am feeling motivated I also do about half an hour on the treadmill.
I have not gone back to work yet. I am due to go back on March 17th. I am so scared. 3 months is the point when the graft is weakest, and I am at 3 months at the moment. I am hopefully going to see Occupational Health this week so that they can assess what position I will be in when I get back. It'd be so much easier if I worked in an office but being a Nursery Teacher is a much more active job than I think a lot of people realise! My surgeon wanted me to go back after 6 weeks!! Ha!
So that is all really.
Over and out.
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