Back to work

The time has come for me to return to work. My new knee is doing well and although I still have sick time remaining, it is time to go back. I have enjoyed the time off and it has allowed me to rehab my knee with twice daily sessions at home and twice weekly sessions at the hospital. I thought I would get very bored which I have at times but I have also found things to occupy my time and the days have gone by quickly. If I had a different job, I would still have to be off for a while longer but since I have an office job, my knee should be able to handle the job. I still do not have the full range of motion (I have 110 degrees of flexion which needs to be 120 degrees). The strength is still not to the point where I can put all my weight on it but it gets better every day. Six weeks post-surgery, the surgeon has ok'd me to ride the Harley so that is something I am very much looking forward to. So things are falling into place for me and I am very pleased I had the surgery. I put it off for a very long time and endured a lot of pain because the idea of the surgery and the subsequent therapy scared me. As it turned out, neither the surgery nor the therapy has not been as bad as I envisioned.