Knee range of motion is stalling and my scar is starting to fade

I was trying to figure out an exciting title but.. well... I gave up.

My husband reminded me that it's been a few days since I've written something. I was going to write something on Friday, but with the tragedy in Japan I felt a bit selfish wining about my issues.

The title is pretty self explanitory. My range of motion has stalled at about 110-115 and I am extremely frustrated. I know some of it scar tissue because when I aggressively massage my scar and knee I will feel little 'pops' which is scar tissue breaking up. I've also had a few 'pops' while doing my patellar massage so I'm sure that there is some scar tissue there holding me back. I know that my physical therapist can do some manual manipulation to help things along, I just don't want to need that. I've never had issues getting my range of motion back so that makes it even more frustrating.

Now to the good news. My scar is starting to fade, yippee. (Which means I won't have 4th graders walking by me looking at my leg giving a horrified gasp and yelling "woa"). I started using Mederma cream upon the recommendation of the Tech at my surgeons office.

I've only been using it for 1 week but I think my scar is starting to lighten up. I'm planning on taking progress pictures to compare. The directions say that it should improve the appearance of a new scar in 8 weeks, a few months in an old scar. Since I have a combination of scars I will probably have to use it for 3-4 months.

Here are some before pictures of my scar. Hope this stuff does what it says it does! I would like to get rid of some of this redness.