ACL Recovery

Since today was Sunday, my wife and kids went to church. I wasn’t quite ready to make that big of a trip yet, but I most likely will at least go to sacrament meeting next Sunday.

Being home alone while they were at church was really, well, lonely. I didn’t realize how much I enjoyed having the kids run in every few minutes to check on me, or having my wife come in to have a grown-up conversation. The time seemed to drag on.

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The other thing that happened today is that I realize I wouldn’t have enough pain medication to see me through until my Dr.’s Appointment on Monday. I only had 5 doses left as of the morning, and taking them every 4 hours would have left me with no medicine the next morning. Mornings are by far the most painful time of day. After spending 6-8 hours sleeping without moving my leg at all, and without pain medication, the first thing that I want to do when I wake up is eat and stop the pain. So I decided rather than bother the doctor for a refill on Sunday, I would spread out my doses so that I’d have one left on Monday morning. Instead of every 4 hours I went to every 5. That left one for Monday morning.

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I can’t believe that this is the end of the first week. The time has gone by fast. It’s equally amazing to think that in a few more weeks I’ll be able to walk again.

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