2 weeks down, 22 to go until I'm back to normal. Looking back on last Tuesday, my second day out of surgery and my first day home, and comparing how I was to how I am now, I can see obvious huge improvements. I've gone from being stuck in a bed all day long, only getting off to go to the bathroom with crutches which caused major, almost unbearable pain in my knee and not even being able to sit up straight because it caused too much pain, to being able to walk around with no brace around the house and no crutches with little to no pain and being able to get out of the house and wear a brace when out and about. I can tolerate being in a standing position for a long time, but I need little breaks of sitting so my knee doesn't hurt too bad. I can also go up stairs almost normally with almost no pain. Going down stairs is going to take a while to be normal but that's no big deal. So basically, my ability to be independent and take care of myself has been restored which feels really good. I don't have to depend on others to get me food or a drink or help me because my knee was in too much pain. Tomorrow I go back to school and I think I'll be fine walking around to classes and sitting through class. I was in Chicago this weekend and did a lot of walking and my knee didn't hurt too bad. Now I'm focusing on icing frequently to get the swelling down so I can have more ease in restoring range of motion. I feel like the toughest time is behind me which makes me feel relieved. I just gotta stay strong and keep working hard at rehab and do my exercises outside of rehab.
This is the end of me posting every day. I'll post on Sunday nights from now on with a week recap and any significant improvements I've made. Thanks for reading!
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