Day 53: Classic!
I’ll add more to this entry later, but for now I had to secure a home for my latest favorite post on Bob’s Knee Board (This is not the same Bob as “Gentle Bob”, one of my PTs, by the way!):
Read Larry’s post entitled, “If You Have To Look For An Exit ..It’s Already Too Late !“
Penned by the creator of Larry’s ACL Website, the post is a humorous yet accurate description of the day of knee surgery. Thankfully, the day of my knee surgery went a little differently — for one, I didn’t feel like I was in Dead Man Walking! 
Here’s my contribution to the same discussion…
P.S. I keep getting tempted to switch to preceding entries with just what “Week #” it is post-op. For instance, this Friday begins Week #8. And yet, there will be something nice about seeing “Day 100:” Still, in the event I decide to preserve my sanity, here’s a reference point — 100 days post-op is 14.29 weeks post-op.
11 PM: I forgot to mention several things on Monday — I’m doing lateral slides (while wearing my brace) on the slideboard now in PT. Just as with my earlier lateral movement issues (mental, not physical!), this new exercise proved a little more challenging than it ought to have. But it’s fun once you get a rhythm going!
After Monday’s PT, I walked about 2.5 miles (I’m estimating since I left my Garmin Forerunner 201 at home, charging.) About 1/4 mile of that walk was on an unpaved, rocky trail; that was enough for me to reaffirm that my knee’s perhaps not quite ready for the surprise twists and lateral pressures of unpaved trails. It’s getting there, though! As long as the muscles feel up to it after PT on Wednesday, I’ll try to do a .5 mile stint on the unpaved trail — it’s a nicer view, and I think I’ve memorized every wildflower on the paved route I’ve been walking. 
