04-21-2021, 10:42 AM
Update: Saw the physical therapist this morning. The medical protocol calls for six weeks of trying to see if there is anything that improves the situation first with special exercises. Now, who wouldn't benefit from additional exercises? But the issue is to see how much pain and difficulty can be eliminated that way. I'm going to play along; I do exercises at home anyway, so this is just a couple more things. I go back next week. The therapist also got me a new cane and some special tape to help isolate the patella; apparently it moves more and in the wrong way than the therapist likes. (No surprise to me; I was told they didn't track properly way back in 1992.)
I'm still thinking I might try to find a wheelchair I can afford for stuff like shopping, since most of those power carts, when available, are in abominable shape. They also don't fit my situation very well. I need something that will support my legs being extended outward. I can still ride my bike, but walking always hurts after just 100 yards or so, and it keeps hurting into the next day or so.
I'm still thinking I might try to find a wheelchair I can afford for stuff like shopping, since most of those power carts, when available, are in abominable shape. They also don't fit my situation very well. I need something that will support my legs being extended outward. I can still ride my bike, but walking always hurts after just 100 yards or so, and it keeps hurting into the next day or so.