I’m super lucky to have friends who are Physio’s but… I think they’re pushing me too hard
I had surgery May 13 at 2 o’clock. Today is May 19 at 11 o’clock. So I guess I’m on day six. I have a fair amount of swelling. But I’m icing it and using CBD ointment. I’m cutting back on my pain meds. I’m able to maneuver around a bit. I’m up with crutches, but can also surf the counters without crutches. Super tight in the calves in the tendons in the quads. I am 180° flat. My bend is super stiff but I can get it to about 70% and keep it there if I have support I can’t keep it there if I don’t. And I can’t pull it there myself I get shrieking pain down my tendons, but I can use my leg puller to pull me into that place and then keep it there. I can sit in a chair. OK so my two best friends are Physio and they are wonderful of course. Lucky lucky lucky me of course. But I’m getting pressure from the one of them is coming over today cause she wants to get me to 80% and they’re both saying that I’m not moving enough. But then I look on Reddit and I think I’m doing fine. I pushed back on them today. I said who made up the 80% number and doesn’t matter if I get there today or tomorrow or next week? And the answer was yes it does matter that the faster you get back your mobility the better it will be the longer you take the harder will be. But the whole point of this is that each person‘s journey is personal and at their own pace, right? I think I would do much better once the swelling goes down currently my one leg is about 50% bigger than my other very tight.. I don’t know. Maybe I’m just here to bitch, but anybody have any thoughts other than to tell my friends to stay out of it?