My knee is doing better. A couple months ago, I couldn’t walk on the hiking path on the golf course without pain, because it has a fair amount of uphill and downhill, and that was rough on my knee. My muscle strengthening exercises with weights also hurt my knee at that time.
So I waited until my knee stopped hurting, which was maybe a month ago, and I’ve been taking short walks on flat surfaces pretty much every day since then, usually about 20 minutes long. I’ve been pretty much only walking on the levee in Hanepepe and on the paved path to the pavilion on the golf course. It’s been a bit tedious needing to stick to those two locations, because both require Shannon to drive me there, so I couldn’t take walks independently whenever I wanted to.
My knee has been doing quite well the past week or so, so yesterday I decided to try the strengthening exercises with weights again, and my knee was fine. Then today I walked on the hiking path on the golf course, and this time my knee didn’t hurt. So I think I’m at a point where I can safely begin gradually increasing my activity level.
I’m not doing both things (weights and the uneven path) on the same day yet, though, so I’ll see how my knee is feeling tomorrow morning before deciding how to proceed. My current plan if the knee feels good is to do weights again tomorrow. Then the next day, if the knee is still feeling good, go ahead and increase my activity even more. Slow and steady wins the race.
Other than that ... this week was hard, because it was the anniversary of my dad's death. I've been thinking about him a lot and talking about both my parents with my new therapist (who I like a lot). My emotions have been very stirred up. But I think things have been stirred up in a useful way. We shall see.
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