3 weeks post op

Today marks 3 weeks post-surgery. Progress has been slow and gradual, but encouraging. This surgery was much more invasive than the last one and so it is taking me longer to recover, but I am still very positive and still believe this was the right decision considering the pain and discomfort I was in.

My range of motion is almost back to being 100%, the ligaments around the knee are still tender from the trauma of the surgery and the incision portals are still sore. I'm not able to kneel on it just yet-which is to be expected. At this stage of rehab it is now about strengthening, which I'm predominantly doing non-weightbearing work to increase quad, glute and calf strength. I think it'll be another 10 days before I attempt any weightbearing exercises, as when I undertake some minor weightbearing work, I can feel the tenderness at the point of resection of the cartilage.

Despite this I've done a fair amount of walking over the past week, while in Japan, which the knee has coped with. So it should just be a matter of patience and the cartilage discomfort should improve.

My time in Japan was a short business trip. Normally on my business trip abroad I try and do some running sightseeing, however, on this occasion that was out of the question, but I did manage to do what I wanted to do in the short periods of down time I had. This included getting out to Asakusa and seeing the Senso-Ji shrine and also going up the Skytree to get an amazing view across Tokyo.

Whilst at Senso-Ji, I donated and received a fortune. Perhaps the signs of good things to come as it was No. 87 'The Best Fortune' and as it notes 'Even if you are righteous and have a chance to be successful, nothing can be achieved unless you work hard.' I shall continue to work hard with my rehab and hope to come back stronger.