3months...

As the title states it has been 3months since my surgery.

This week I was told I am able to go about my daily life "without" the aid of my trusty knee brace. I have kept it as I will probably use it for the next few weeks/months when I am doing karate, just for peace of mind.

Still no jogging or such, however, my regular exercise routine has increased in intensity and range of movement exercises. Speed, jumping or any exercise that could "jolt" or "jar" my knee is still a NO NO. Light jogging will be ok after another month and a half, and soft jumping after my 6month check-up.

My knee is healing well, all tendons etc. are healing as they should. I have almost full extension of my leg (5°) and flexing (140°, still needs work). 
My muscle mass was measured during the check. My calf muscle is still -2cm and my thigh -5cm, so I still have a way to go before stage 3 of rehab can begin.

Stage 1 of rehab is getting your leg up to the level of being able to support you strength and muscle wise.
Stage 2 is bring your leg to match your good leg is respect to size, strength etc.
Stage 3 is bring both your legs to an even balance in respect to all movement, strength, balance etc.

I talked with my rehab doctor and was given the go-ahead to resume training with Butokukai Hiroshima from June.
There are more than a few restrictions though....
My training is to comprise of slow, controlled movements. NO jumping, No fast movements and NO power kicking. 
I asked my teacher, Naito-sensei, if this was ok as I do not wish to disrupt the other students' progress and training, and was given the ok to return to training.
The other up-side to returning is Zenkutsu-dachi etc. are great stances for getting my thigh muscles to build up some more!
Still unable to sit in seiza....so that will be an interesting experience!