My 4th of July party was a huge hit. More people showed up than I expected, and I'd wished I'd gotten more food for everyone. My flag cake was gone in two seconds. We had a really good time and everyone stayed later than expected and I got a little too tipsy but that's ok. I could still crutch around, and that's all that matters. Got to see some old friends I hadn't seen in forever and other friends I haven't seen all summer, which was wonderful. I felt very loved. I didn't take vicodin that night, nor did I last night, and I seem to be doing fine. My system is definitely thanking me. So I think I'm going to just stay off of it, unless I'm really, really hurting for whatever reason. But that shouldn't happen.
I've done my new exercises a couple of times. Some of them are easy, but the hard ones are so, so hard. The worst is the one where I lay on my back and slide my leg out to the side and then slide it back in. Sliding it out is hard, and pulling it back in is damn near impossible. I grunt and struggle and fight for so long just to get it to start moving. I feel like I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing, but the muscle just won't fire. It's kind of scary. My knee is still feeling weird too, though it's better than it was.
I think I overreacted a little to what Dr. Millis said about not running. He doesn't think I should run, but that doesn't mean I can't, and I know for a fact that some girls do run and do just fine after their PAO. I also must remember that Dr. Millis told me before the surgery that I would still be able to skate and do all the things I used to do, only without pain. Gotta focus on the good stuff.
I'm still pretty shocked I actually had this surgery. It's just weird to have a chunk of your body changed around.
I do like my scar. I hope that when the screws come out and the new scar is created that it looks just the same as this one. Dr. Millis said that I would be awake for that procedure, it'd be really quick, and I'd only need crutches for like 3 days afterwards. I'll do it over Christmas break, probably. If not Thanksgiving.
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