Today is the third day after my knee surgery. My knee is still pretty swollen, as you can see in the pictures, and it's been pretty painful today. Thank the Lord for Percocet. I've been doing lots of knee exercises, as the orthopedist recommended. I'm supposed to do them for 30 minutes at a time, and I've been slowly working my way up. This morning, I was only able to do 20 minutes of exercises, and this afternoon, I got up to 25 minutes. I still am wearing the huge knee immobilizer, and constantly icing my knee, so it won't swell and scar badly.
I honestly haven't felt too good today. I'm not sure why, I just haven't really felt like myself. Blogging has actually helped me out tremendously. I can connect with people who have gone through the same thing that I have. I've also been able to get lots of underlying emotions off of my chest.
I called work this morning, and told them that I may be out of work for 3-4 months, depending on my recovery. They said that as long as I have a doctor's note stating how long I'll be out of work. I set up an appointment with my orthopedist this morning for next Tuesday at 9:10am. That will probably be scheduling physical therapy and removal of my staples.
Otherwise, everything's going fine. I'm just trying to take it a day at a time. Each day gets better and better. I know that my recovery will go just fine. Thanks for reading!
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