My lateral dislocation of the patella – Part Two

Well, I have given myself a swift kick in the arse for delaying this follow up post to my knee situation from last June. I would like to thank those that have shown interest in my patella demise and the least I could do is continue the story and bring some closure to the whole sordid affair. =)

So, where did I leave off? Right, the three weeks before seeing the doctor for the second visit. This was a pretty difficult time at first. It took awhile to get accustomed to living on the couch, you feel so boxed in and restricted, and your whole body starts to play games with differing comfort levels (i.e. when your legs are comfortable your back decides not to be, when you back is comfortable your neck decides not to be, etc.), eventually a happy medium is reached and all is right in the universe. The key is keeping yourself busy. I did a lot of reading, caught up on my Japanese animation shows (Naruto and Bleach), watched movies, and put together the two articles on web design and Canadian tax laws. When my mind was focused on other things besides my knee it makes it a lot easier to deal with.

One thing that was hard to deal with was getting up off the couch to move around, which took a few painful attempts to perfect because getting off the couch required the synchronized use of the crutches and upper body strength to be able to push yourself up off the couch and ensuring you keep your bad leg from doing anything other than staying off the ground. Getting back onto the couch was also just as fun, but a bit easier in my opinion.

Since I had everything I needed on the main floor of the house moving around with the crutches wasn’t too bad. It was when I had to go for my doctor’s visit that I realized just how death defyingly difficult it was to get down stairs with crutches and a splinted leg. Scary scary scary.

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