Day 8 after the operation
Pain: 2/10
Swelling: 6/10
Bruising: 7/10
Movement: 5/10
I woke up in quite a bit of pain with my knee this morning. I don’t think I’d moved for a couple of hours whilst asleep and it was very stiff and sore. After a bit of TLC and a walk to the loo it improved quite a bit.
In the afternoon I had cramp a couple of times (fairly mildly luckily), but it scared me a bit because I really, really didn’t want to have a full-on cramp. Luckily my husband took pity on me and rubbed my calf with muscle liniment which seemed to help although I was a bit reluctant to test it too thoroughly in case it hadn’t worked.
In fact today was bit of a mixed day because by the afternoon I noticed my ankle had swelled quite a lot which meant I really needed to elevate my leg, but I also wanted to keep moving if I could to stop the cramp kicking in. The whole decision making process was exhausting so I went to bed and had a nap for an hour with an ice-pack on my knee as a compromise.