liam2015
post-grad
Canadaoh Fire wolf...i really believe that migraines are worse than the after pains of a knee replacement and i can understand the frustrated tone in your post. i can't function with a migraine when it's at it's worst. i can get through the first several hours if i have to, for example, if i'm babysitting or caregiving, but at it's peak i have to be laying down in darkness if possible. it sounds to me and correct me if i'm wrong, you're upset that others aren't understanding or acknowledging the pain you are in but focusing on telling you how great you're doing. why don't you tell them you're in pain the whole time you are working and even after? (after re-reading your post, i see you do tell them politely). look at a very small silver lining: it's better to have a r.o.m. of 0/143 (amazing) and being swollen, in pain and a good gait rather than the same with a much lower r.o.m. if i were your colleague, i'd be bringing you a donut and a coffee from timmie's (tim horton's) and offering to carry your equipment!
in any case, i have the greatest of respect for you ladies and gentlemen that go back to work within weeks of this surgery.
you work all day, 5 days a week, then you are home and having to rest up your knee so you can get things done, then repeat the routine on monday. remember the "marathon, not sprint" analogy and that things will get better. Fire wolf, is there anything you can take for those migraines? in the last few years i discovered that coffee helps me to stop a possible migraine in it's tracks. i've stopped taking the triptans class of meds which also help but can cause another migraine 2 days later, not to mention how expensive they are. please take care of yourself.
in any case, i have the greatest of respect for you ladies and gentlemen that go back to work within weeks of this surgery.
you work all day, 5 days a week, then you are home and having to rest up your knee so you can get things done, then repeat the routine on monday. remember the "marathon, not sprint" analogy and that things will get better. Fire wolf, is there anything you can take for those migraines? in the last few years i discovered that coffee helps me to stop a possible migraine in it's tracks. i've stopped taking the triptans class of meds which also help but can cause another migraine 2 days later, not to mention how expensive they are. please take care of yourself.
Don't ask how I ended up in a social services field, as I am still trying to figure that one out! 
I do limit my contact as much as I can, but attended a training today and saw my supervisor who said I was doing great, walking well with no gait issues, etc. I am sure that he was just trying to be supportive, but that's not how I felt at the time.
Perhaps you need to carry a cane to work with you? You know, it would give the lie to the idea that you're totally over this and are just milking your injury? 
Definitely not my idea of a fun time! 
I guess all I can do is to keep doing the best that I can and avoid people as much as possible. 
I really do appreciate the support from all of you! Sometimes I am hesitant to even discuss my progress here as I don't want others to measure their progress against mine (yes, I know that we shouldn't compare, but I also know that we are all human, so sometimes we do), and I sometimes feel as if I either shouldn't have the *one step back* times or that people will think it's all made up. Yes, I overthink things alot! Occupational hazard!
I had asked my OS about a partial, as it seemed that my knee issues were always on the lateral side, but he told me that I would likely need a revision to a full replacement, so he preferred the once and done idea, and quite frankly, so did I. I am extremely grateful for the OS I have, as well as his PA. Unlike others I have never dreaded an appt with him as he has never measured my ROM after any of my surgeries, other than maybe eyeballing it. I also only had 3 post op appts- 1 to get staples removed, 1 at roughly 7 or 8 weeks out, and 1 at 11 to 12 weeks out. Don't see him again until Spence's birthday. Of course Spence can always email him or PA at any time with questions or concerns. 
! I am sure that the walking, fresh air, change of scenery, etc will be good for me overall. And since Spence is still swollen anyway, I don't think that I will make it worse. I can ice and elevate on Sunday! 
So we'll see what happens!
and set him straight, I am sure that he would love to! It seems to me like your OS has some *issues* and he takes them out on his patients, so after Spence puts him in his place, perhaps I can then help him work through those *issues*! 
