First post-op appointment

I had my first post-op appointment with Dr. Medvecky this morning. The place was a zoo, but I was brought right in and seen within minutes. Lucky me. Medvecky seemed pleased with the way things have progressed in only eight days; mostly that I didn't have much pain post-surgery, and that I had zero pain today. He removed the strips from the arthroscopy incisions and left those off, as they looked almost good and healed. He did, however, place some of those steristrips over the two-inch incision made over the posteromedial aspect of the knee to get to the semimembranosus tendon. Whatever. We discussed the numbness down the front of my lower leg and around my inner ankle. He said that the swelling--there is still some swelling--is probably putting pressure on a nerve and that the numbness will resolve once the swelling goes down. As a result, he'd like me to take ibuprofen. (But, I thought that you're not supposed to mix aspirin and ibuprofen?) He then did a cursory examination of the knee. I say cursory because it was done pretty quickly, but perhaps that's as thorough as he needed to be today. I have to see him back in 7 weeks.

Right after he said that I probably don't need physical therapy, he wrote me a prescription for 8 weeks of PT, 1 time per week. I can handle that. I've already made the appointment but not without hassle. I called up the clinic I've used in the past and told her that I had a script for PT. She responded that she was booking out past the new year. Fine. She put me down for January 9th and then asked about the injury. I responded that I just had surgery, and she said, "well, you didn't tell me that." Then she gave me an appointment for December 27th. Plus, I had to repeat my phone number about half a dozen times and clarify that my name isn't Brian, but Ryan. Clearly, I have little patience for this kind of stuff.

Anyway, Medvecky said that I can progress from two crutches to one, and then to full weight-bearing over the course of the next six weeks. I got a lesson on how to use one crutch. Never use it on the side of your bad peg!