Once i was home I was instructed to do nothing but rest and continue doing my bone loading rehab while adding an additional 5lbs of pressure every day. I basically was doing the same thing at home that I was doing in the hospital but now I was able to get a little more sleep. It was at the 4 week mark when I was able to sleep through the night without being woken up from any pain in my leg.
The next morning after getting home from the hospital I felt motivated to do some kind of exercise, even thou I was told to just rest. I thought getting on a stationary bike for a few minutes would be ok and exercise always makes me feel better but that idea went down hill fast. It didn’t take even 5 minutes until i was shaking and felt like i was going to throw up. My body was not ready.
For the next 3 weeks I continued to add 5 lbs a day of pressure to the bone.
There are many reasons why osseointegration is so amazing, another not often mentioned is the new level of precision when it comes to controlling the direction of the foot. I can now do this by rotating my femur, before the surgery if i tried to do the same thing nothing would happen because the bone was not attached to the leg.
The Bionic Civilian 