Yesterday I went outside for the first time since the surgery.   That was nice.   It was also the first time I used my new Handy Cane (as a cane, that is) too.  I’ve used its reacher feature several times already, and it was even very handy after I got into the car–with the car door being wide open so I could bend my right knee enough to get in the passenger’s side, I couldn’t reach the door handle to close the door, so I used the reacher to grab the handle and pull the door closed.

Sandy drove my car (which in itself seemed a bit odd) going to the restaurant, but she’s a good driver.  Even so, it was still a fairly painful ride.  I could feel every bump in the road in my knee.

As a test before we left the house, I got into the driver’s side and acted like I was going to drive just to see how it felt.  I couldn’t even lift my foot up onto the gas or brake pedal without much effort and stretching.  I’m definitely not there yet, so driving is still out for now.  I’ll have to try it again in another week.  I know a few of the therapy exercises I do several times a day pretty much directly apply to these same actions, so I know I’ll get there soon.