Back to normal?

Today has been my most normal day so far. I took no pain killers. I had a great appetite. Had breakfast and lunch. During the past couple of days meals have been a haze. It felt good to return to a routine.

I also started working on flexing my quads. And did some ankle pumps as well.

I slept fairly well last night. I took a couple of Benadryls before going to bed. I did get up a few times to recycle the cold water in the cryo cuff. Looking back over the couple of days, I think that has been very key to relief. I cannot overstate the importance of keeping the area around the knee cool all the time.

By the way, when I say I slept well, I mean relatively speaking. It is impossible to sleep well with the brace on. Especially with it locked at 10 degrees. If you tend to toss and turn in your sleep or change your position over sleep, then be prepared for some serious discomfort. Aside from the pain medication messing up my metabolism, I would have to rank this as the most uncomfortable part of my experience.

I was glad to take the brace off when lying in bed during the day. Perhaps that made it seem better than it actually was.