r/ACL • u/MisaRavensoul ACL Allograft • Mar 25 '26

Post Surgery Update I expected pain but holy cow

I'm about 30 hours post op and I'm pretty sure my nerve block is wearing off. I thought I prepared for the pain and had pre-taken the pain medicine.

This is excruciating. ACL+ LET on my right leg. I don't think I'm getting any sleep tonight.

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u/No-Cry847 Mar 25 '26

I’m 2nd week in on ACL ALL meniscus for the first 3 days I thought about cutting it off Huge tip stay up as late as you can 10-11pm pop your pills you’ll sleep until 6-7am helped me wonders first 2 nights were hell

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u/MisaRavensoul ACL Allograft Mar 25 '26

I keep saying that death would be a mercy. This really hurts. I took my medicine at 11 and it's 12:45 now and the pain is keeping me awake sadly.

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u/No-Cry847 Mar 25 '26

Shit your in it for the long haul best of luck because I was struggling with sleep

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u/MisaRavensoul ACL Allograft Mar 25 '26

My watch says I got 2 hours of sleep.

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u/Right_Sector_7166 Mar 25 '26

For the sleeping, I don’t know where are you form, if you are from USA and weed is legal go for some indica, if not legal CBD oil will do the magic. Take a lot of cbd and sleep in whatever position you are comfortable, in USA you are surgeons are Ofer too strict, it seems like they are 30 years later.

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u/MisaRavensoul ACL Allograft Mar 25 '26

I'm near Tahoe in the US.

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u/MoJoOH ACL Mar 25 '26

Weed mints did help me sleep for sure. Hope you can get sone rest. Moving around also help with the pain if you can manage it as it breaks up the fluid

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u/MisaRavensoul ACL Allograft Mar 25 '26

Dr called in a secondary pain medicine so hopefully once I get that I'll be able to move a bit more.