At least 3 people with experience of surgeries or serious medical issues told me that I would get to a dark place, hit a wall, wish I had never had the surgery - and then I would turn a corner. Guess my last post came from that dark place and then - I turned the corner into the light.
I got over the stiffness that had been plaguing me for days and managed to hit the 120 degree mark on my flexibility. Apparently that was my goal - so I need to keep at it, keep working on improving my mobility and get to the place where I can walk without a hitch, get in and out of the car and on and off chairs, up and down stairs and stand and walk for more than 20 or 30 minutes at a time.
I am still working on the pain medication weaning. I am now able to go all day just using Tylenol. The nights are a different thing. I am not managing to make it through the night without being awoken in pain - then can't go back to sleep with Tylenol . If I take another Percocet I am still awake an hour or so before I can sleep again. So need to work on that. I am down to 2-3 in a 24 hour period but hope to be off entirely next week and see about driving the car....Freedom!!!
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