Recovering...

Today might be classified as my first recovery day, since yesterday was the actual surgery day.

I woke up in a lot of pain- which means my nerve block is wearing off, and by this afternoon the nerves in my leg were "awake" so to speak- and I can feel the holes in my knee, I can feel the throbbing around my knee, as well as I can feel the lack of hamstring strength, as two of my hamstring tendons are now my new acl.

I realized today, that yesterday I was taking the "Maximum allowable dosage" all day-which may have not been the best idea... So today I am trying to see how it goes by taking only one percocet every 5 or 6 hours, instead of 2, every 4 hours- since I can tell that the I put a much larger dent in it yesterday than I should have. Lets just say on a scale of 1-10 of pain, today is a 6, yesterday at home, was a 2.

I have decided I Loathe crutches. They are my nemesis, and we will never get a long. I hate how they make my arm pits hurt, I hate that people in the public have no patience for me as I cross the street with them, i hate that they will give my hands blisters and most of all I hate that they make my the slowest moving person on the planet. I hate them and they hate me.

Getting comfortable is hard. I have to stay focussed on the fact that I Cannot bend my knee- at all. I have to use my right foot to move my left leg, and its getting really annoying. There is either not enough pillow under my leg or there is too much. And its getting to the point where I can't keep asking my mom to switch pillows or keep getting me things. She is being amazing about everything, but I think soon I will get on her nerves. She took me out for lunch today. I forgot to write this yesterday, that getting in an out of my mazda 323- is a dreadful experience. I have to go "bum" first into my back seat... its a struggle... all while not bending my knee. It would just be so much easier with a cast, because that way I would NOT be phyiscally capable of moving my knee- but no dice.

On a brigther note, I was going into the elevator with my mom today... after she took me out for lunch- and a gentleman stopped and told me that: "I will be okay- God is with me!" so, that made me smile. What a nice man.

I expect my first visitor tonight.... Strohan shall stop by at some point! So, If anyone is reading this- and you have no plans, feel free to stop by and watch some T.V or anything with me and Ashley :) Until then, my best friend is named Cyro/Cuff. He is a magical little gadget that keeps my knee permanently iced. It's a cooler hooked up to a pouch on my knee. and I lift it up and the water fills around my knee and I put in on the ground to drain it from the pouch, and re-filter it with cold water and then lift it back up. Its great for lazy people- and people like me, who can't get up!

I also got a little "get well" card yesterday from The Drake- with a nice blockbuster gift card in it, to keep me busy!.. I will put that to good use.

I looked into renting a wheelchair today- so I think I can get one tomorrow- so that will be nice!!!!! In your face crutches!!!!!!!!! take that.

My leg hurts now, except my mommy has gone to the store with my lovely percocets... alas, I will have to wait. I am pretty tired today and a little cranky from the pain. It's really just frustrating more than anything. I pretty much need help for everything I do... my mom even had to put my socks on me last night when I went to sleep... oi-vey!

Blah!

I miss life. ha!...