OH BUT BEFORE THAT I thought I should write about what the surgery actually was. I tore a ligament-tendon-thingy on the inside of my left knee, called my MPFL. It's job is to keep my knee cap from dislocating and sliding about all the time. They grafted a muscle from my hamstrings to it, sort of like a muscle-band-aid, if you will. They also smoothed some the cartilage in the back of my knee that had been roughed up from all of the times my knee has dislocated or partially dislocated.
SO NOW THAT THAT IS OUT OF THE WAY, here is what happened:
Got to the hospital at 8;30, had the surgery at ten, and left around 4:30-5:00, arrived at my Aunt and Uncle's home at about six, then slept the rest of the night and most of today. Texted some awesome people, and now I'm back in my dorm.
There has been very little pain so far, mostly nausea from some of the meds -- though, luckily, I have learned how to stop the nausea by simply taking the anti-nausea pills ten minutes before I take the other pills. I've been pretty good at keeping up with my meds! So that's good x)
I've been up on crutches a few times yesterday and today, it just takes a lot of energy and incites some dizziness, so I try to avoid that.
My follow up with my surgeon is tomorrow at 2:00, so that's good! He'll tell me when I can start physical therapy and all that good stuff.
(OH AND P.S I was pretty weird coming off the anesthesia. If you see me, ask me to tell you some of things that went down x)
OH AND P.P.S I've got some cool before and after photos, so stay tuned for that.)
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