I started with my shake at about 08.00am then had an appointment with a knee specialist mid morning.
Some years ago I had an ACL reconstruction in my knee following a sporting injury. recently I slipped and twisted the knee quite badly. We have been concerned that the reconstruction had been damaged along with the MCL and after some weeks in the gym and walking I am almost pain free with exception of the odd twinge here and there.
It seems that I still need a MRI scan to check that the screws and the ACL are sill attached correctly but the MCL tear looks like it will be OK and some work will the physio should sort it out.
Touch wood, the worst case scanario might be the need for a bit of key hole surgery to clean up the cartlidge as there is clearly some loose bits in there.
The main thing is that losing weight and getting more strength in my legs is going to ease the stress on the knee significantly.
This afternoon I went for a light jog/power walk in celebration and managed to do a fair bit more jogging than I have been able to do in months.
lunchtime snack was followed tonight by a chicken stir fry with noodles.
On sunday we had a photo taken at the dinner table and I think you can see the weight loss is showing in my face already!
The picture in Dinner suit was taken mid December at an awards night and the other one was taken on sunday. It is nice to start seeing results!
I am looking forward to tomorrow morning (week 3 weigh in) as my clothes are telling me that its been a pretty good week - Hope I'm not too disappointed!
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