More waiting....
Sep. 13th, 2005 04:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennlkI had my six-week followup with the surgeon today. Everything looks just fine - screws and rods are where they should be, the cages are starting to disappear under bone, nothing's shifted around. I feel fine, although stiff and limited in range of motion and endurance. He says I'm doing very well-to-excellent.
But no rehab yet. He doesn't release to rehab until 4.5 months at a minimum, and some of his slower healing patients don't get to rehab for a year. He's found that the earlier he releases people to rehab the more often they come back. He wants to be really sure that the bone grafts have taken before I start pulling on them. I can see his point, but....
More errands today, and yesterday I went grocery shopping all by myself, after going to the Open House at SR's school.
But no rehab yet. He doesn't release to rehab until 4.5 months at a minimum, and some of his slower healing patients don't get to rehab for a year. He's found that the earlier he releases people to rehab the more often they come back. He wants to be really sure that the bone grafts have taken before I start pulling on them. I can see his point, but....
More errands today, and yesterday I went grocery shopping all by myself, after going to the Open House at SR's school.
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Date: 2005-09-13 01:34 pm (UTC)I had bone grafts done in my jaw a few years ago, and wasn't allowed to chew anything at all for 3 months, so I know that healing and growing new bone can be very slow indeed. Good continued luck with your healing.
K.