7 weeks post op Still on Crutches and in a knee brace 24/7. This week I was upgraded by the physio to partiall weight bearing status, 50% of my body weight is allowed on my right leg. They weighed me I am approx 80kg at the moment (5 Heavier than a year ago) and then they made me stand with my right foot on the scales and pressed until the scales read 40kg. This was so that I understood the amount of pressure I could place on my leg.

More Importantantly, The Tramadol painkillers are proving very difficult to come off I tried just to stop taking them on 2 occasions and had heroin like withdrawal symptoms that were too much too deal with. Now ,I have reduced my dose from 2x50mg 4 times a day to just 2 a day but, when i stopped for a day, I had nausea, cold sweats, shakes, anxiety depression, fever and diorreah, so I have done some research and need to wean myself off slowly over a period. Been using natural remedies grown locally and that seems to be working well. Scar has healed up well and it feels good inside. I am daily dreaming about skateboarding on Vert once again, maybe in a year or so if all goes well.

This really was a heavy surgery and the recovery is slow and painful, due to the crutches also very cumbersome but I am making progress and that is noticeable each day. Huge thanks to my good friend Avril Elias and Sara Havord for all their support and help with my shopping for food, I would have really struggled without them.