Day 46 post-surgery
Today was my doctor’s appointment, and it is all good. I had another two X-Rays taken; I think I’m about to start glowing green over here. The doctor was very pleased with how my collarbone is sitting. Everything is healing well, and he was happy with my range of motion.
I convinced him that I really wanted to do some physical therapy to start building my muscles back. The danger at this point is still that I’ll overexert it and rip the graft. So regular weightlifting is still out of the question. But I’m allowed to do isometric strengthening exercises: internal rotation, external rotation, abduction, and uh, pushing forward and pushing backward. And I’ll also be continuing with range of motion exercises.
On my way back from the doctor’s office today, I stopped at my friendly neighborhood physical therapist office with a shiny new PT script from the doctor. They checked out my current state, and got me going on those isometric exercises. Afterwards, I got electric stimulation and ice.
I think I might have to get in touch with the doctor prior to my next appointment on May 5. Since that is two months away, I really think I’ll be ready for some additional PT prior to that. In the meantime, I’m cleared for most of TKD, though not for punching heavy bags and other things of that ilk.
And knowing me I’ll continue to push the boundaries of what I can do.
Glad to hear that the prognosis is improving! And I think bugging the doctor sometime before your next appointment is a good idea – sometimes they can be a bit conservative. Of course, it wouldn’t be much fun to overdo it while you’re still healing up and just prolong the process.
Just be careful, and avoid anyone who likes omaplatas until you’re healed up.
@Mike
Heh. I’m probably more afraid of Kimuras than omoplatas. But I won’t be doing any of that, alas, for many months.