5 Hours post op.

Today was the day 1 in my recovery from a torn ACL, surgery day. The registration and all the other logistics was pretty simple and I was in the surgical waiting room within the hour I got there. The doctor came first and answered a few of my questions and then the anesthesiologist. I had no other choice but to take general anesthesia but I asked for a femoral nerve block for later on.

I remember them injecting a sedative into my IV and withing seconds I felt like I was drunk. They wheeled me into the operating room, I was shivering due to the cold, and the next thing I remember was waking up in the recovery room.

Now I am back at a hotel and have my foot elevated to allow for better knee extension. I am on oxycodon so it doesn't hurt as much but there is still a constant dull pain that I know will keep me up all night. The femoral nerve block may also be a big help so I am definitely not looking forward to tomorrow.

The doctor said not to weight bear until my follow up with him in 4 days so I find it weird that all the other ppl I have read about said their doctors told them to weight bear as soon as it was tolerable.

I am ok when I sleep on the bed but as soon as I get up and start crutching around I get really nauscious and want to throw up, the anesthesia hasn't completely worn off though I felt really good when I first woke up in the recovery room.

For now the doctor says work on extensive and allow my leg to hang off the bed some times to work on flexion.

I have my first physical therapy session in 2 days, we'll see how that goes.