I began using ice at night last night, all night, with the ice machine cooler thing. I also took 800 mg ibuprofen, and when I woke up my leg felt fine.
The hydrocodone makes me feel nauseas as it leaves my system so I really don't like it. I had stopped using ice after my 1st phys. therapy session b/c the therapist told me to keep the knee warm so I could practice bending it, etc. But I was in a lot of pain on Day 10 and had only taken one pain pill that day. I really want to be off of them. It looks like icing at night as well as ibuprofen will set me free of the narcotics.
I can walk around pretty well - just a little limp but am still using crutches to naturalize my gait when we go on a trip out somewhere, like the supermarket or meetings. The back of my knee still feels hyperextended when it is not quite straightened.
Also, I talked to the dr. on Friday and can take showers with no plastic bag wrap anymore, which is nice.
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