Gina Häußge  💉 💉

Damn, that came at the perfect time.https://twitter.com/skpodila/status/1442880163025354759 …

But damn did I underestimate what that would mean

Given that there was a meniscus tear in there that I didn't know anything about, and the fact the knee was giving me more and more trouble the past few years (I spent weeks in pain this summer), I guess it would only have gotten way worse and getting it fixed was necessary.

I did not expect the amount of swelling that's blocking knee movement, the muscle soreness all round the surgery side, the trouble sleeping through, how annoying the wounds would be or how uncomfortable even the first PT exercises would be. Still think it was the right choice.

I have to admit though, I went into this VERY naive. When I heard that I should be able to put my full weight on the knee within a couple days again for some reason I imagined the whole knee and leg being almost at 100% by this point, not "it holds your weight but that's it"

It has now been a solid week since I last was able to sleep through the night. BUT it is getting easier to fall back asleep after waking up, and it's also easier to find a comfortable position in the first place. Most importantly: I can sleep on the side!

What a day. Visited my parents and after discovering yesterday that walking seems to help my knee walked many circles in their living room. Now I feel as if I'd done a whole sight seeing tour on foot. But: I also was able to carefully straighten out the knee completely

Falls du in Deutschland bist und wahlberechtigt, aber noch nicht gewählt hast, hopp hopp, an die Urne!https://twitter.com/Wahlleiter_Bund/status/1442106040749678604 …

I was able to shower and this time I didn't feel like my leg was about to fall off after, and this is wonderful! And I was also able to sit at the table for breakfast

Perfect timing as well because I've been feeling a bit down today. Have been fighting some pain ever since waking up and am annoyed with the swelling not coming down as far as I'd like it too. Which I'm aware is just me being impatient with myself

And now I managed to walk a few steps without crutches

While I can play games from the couch (and am actually in the middle of refactoring a production pipeline in Satisfactory), as anticipated last week I really don't feel up to streaming. Maybe next week it'll work out again, but definitely not today.

Tonight I slept 8+ hours! Not in one go, but way less lying around awake and trying to find a comfortable position than the first night after surgery. Progress! In other news, I never realised how heavy a human leg is. And my left knee looks like a balloon animal