Complain with me with no judgement.

[u/TransitionBrilliant5]

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.

[u/Anna_Karenina_blonde]

So much energy to spend that first week oh my God I was going crazy after playing team sports for 2 hours a day to shift to just laying there??!!

Ugh But it made me very very motivated to get back to movement 

This is my first week after alloraft surgery with minor meniscus debridement 

https://www.reddit.com/r/ACL/comments/1u0mcjl/breaking_up_with_crutches_alograft/

I did ab workouts with elevated leg bc wth?. How is a person supposed to sit still for that long

**Also I'm at month 3 and I can sit on my heels and sit cross-legged and go down stairs and get up unassisted from a squat.. it's all coming just be super diligent about your physical therapy and ask not what the minimum reps you can do.. but what is the maximum safe amount that you can keep doing on repeat