Feeling kinda 'meh' today. Not exactly ready for the 'post op blues' thread, but tomorrow is 8 weeks. 2 months! Funny how 2 months sounds so much longer than 8 weeks. And saying 'months' seems to come pre-loaded with more expectations. I spent my career managing customer expectations to achieve a good outcome - guess I need to manage mine a bit more! Early on I was SO amazed with my progress - far exceeded my expectations - but I think I'm in one of those backward recovery 'squiggles' on the reality recovery diagram that
@Mojo333 and
@Layla post.
At the moment, I feel too good to be bad, but too bad to feel good. It's like getting over a headcold. You're out of bed and doing things, but every time you try to really do something you feel tired and cranky again. I do recall my GP nurse, at my dressing check, saying there would be recovery plateaus, where you feel like you aren't making any progress. Guess I've hit one of those. I'm still using one crutch, on the one hand very ok with it (see above posts) but on the other hand reading about some folks just zooming around without any aids makes me feel a little inadequate. Most of these folks were anterior approach. Seems they do really walk sooner. Yeah yeah, I know, everyone is different and tomorrow may be a different day. But I'm trying to walk a bit indoors without crutch just to see if I have just been lazy relying on it too much. I'm supposed to have been doing strengthening exercises PT gave me 2 weeks ago, but to be honest, haven't done them much; a couple of times at most. A bit worried my PT appointment Monday won't be as stellar as the previous 2?
On the other (positive) hand, the past few days I've driven several times, done shopping, took the dog for 2 walks in the park by myself, and been out to drinks and dinner with friends. So I've definitely been more active and doing new things. (And not feeling bad that I needed to ice and pop a few paracetamol to take care of the after effects) But today I'm kinda down.
Just wanted to log the feeling for those following my boring recovery. Uneventful doesn't mean faster than a speeding bullet.