10 weeks update
I thought I'd updated more recently than this! I got some 1.5 kg ankle weights, and worked on weighted leg extensions on my paralysed leg. At first this was impossible, then difficult, then I added both weights and extended 3 kg... and so on. Incremental gains, just working with the range of motion available to me. According to my physio, the more I asked of the femoral nerve, the quicker my body would reroute the communications. At a point about 5-6 weeks post-op, I started leaving the crutch behind when I walked short distances. Not long after that I tried (very carefully) to go up the stairs one leg at a time. It took concentration, but my operated leg was able to lift my body weight. From then on I ditched the crutch, and improved rapidly. I went up and down stairs as many times as day as I could. Now I don't think the crutch was holding me back- it was simply a matter of waiting until I could weight-bear safely on the operated leg. Walking without the crutch