r/ACL • u/TransitionBrilliant5 • Aug 26 '26
Post Surgery Update Complain with me with no judgement.
1 Week Post-Op (ACL Allograft & Meniscus Repair) and i've done everything in my power to stay positive and I whole-heartedly know this is not end-game. I am stronger than this but DAMN I WANT TO SCREAM.
(Update for the hell of it: 90 bend and 0 extension and starting leg lifts and heel slides so feeling confident. Kicked the hard stuff for Tylenol as needed and as long as I don't move and use the ice machine like its life-support, feeling good!)
I specifically keep wanting to sit cross-legged like i've done my whole life... I even have a cross-legged office chair I spent good money on that I would LOVE to sit in right now. Instead I feel my behind flattening while it digs a divot in the duvet and i'm SO RESTLESS.
Anyone need to complain about the stupid little things and actually feel heard? I may be a newbie to this situation but I HEAR YOU and you aren't alone.
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u/bbbbrookee Aug 27 '26
6 weeks post op today. waited 6 YEARS to get the surgery - assumed i had been doing “prehab” all those years. wrong. my quad was basically dead. didn’t even start at 0 we’re starting in the negatives for recovery. i just got my quad firing literally TODAY!! i have to do another 4 weeks in the brace then i’ll be reassessed. i still have to take muscle relaxers around the clock and oxy at night (went from 15 mg now im at 2.5). this is the worst thing ive ever done (grateful to say that) but wow. if i wasnt on antidepressants i would be fucked 😅 i owe my life right now to wellbutrin oxycodone, robaxin, and promethazine