So my ACL reconstruction last week went okay I guess. I kind of felt rushed out the door afterwards without being given proper instruction on what I can and can't do right after surgery, and the only appointment I was given notification of was a suture removal one on the 14th. Nowhere on my discharge paperwork is written an appointment before that. The whole leg is basically wrapped in an ACE bandage and the brace is locked in full extension. Icing didn't feel very effective through the ACE bandage. I called on Friday (one day post op) about the brace and the bandage and they again didn't mention anything about a sooner post-op appointment. Luckily I went into the medical records app to check on the notes from the surgery yesterday and noticed that there was an appointment made for me today at 12:30 pm. I wouldn't have known had I not checked that. Hopefully they'll remove the bandage. I hate it.
Otherwise I feel okay. There's a decent amount of pain but I'm trying to keep it at what I can tolerate without overly relying on narcotic painkillers. They gave me a TENS unit and I'm taking acetaminophen alone for most of the day and only taking the opioids at night. My ex who I still live with was being a slight butthead the first day but I haven't really asked him for much otherwise so he's been fine.
I kind of feel rushed into going back to class today because there's a discussion section that's graded. I'm not looking forward to hobbling all the way across campus from my parking spot to the classroom building though.