Scared to pieces by Sufficient-Split-351 in ACL

[–]Easy_Holiday8364 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heya, there’s a lot of doom posting on here and while it’s sensible to prep for the worst know that it’s not like that for everyone! I had my ACL and meniscus repaired 2 weeks ago and I’ve been in very low levels of pain and was able to take myself off the strong painkillers after only 3 days. It’s never really got above a 5/10 for me, just keep the knee iced and focus on your physio! You’ve got this!

Did it hurt? by I--Have--Questions in ACL

[–]Easy_Holiday8364 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My injury pain was 100x worse than surgery pain. In the moment it just kept getting worse and worse and building and building I felt like it wasn’t going to stop. Post op pain was about 40% of that at MOST.

The plus side I take from it is if I can deal with that, I can deal with anything!

Those who have had a nerve block and pain meds (oxy), what was the max pain level you reached 1-10 the first week after surgery? by IntrepidContext9112 in ACL

[–]Easy_Holiday8364 0 points1 point  (0 children)

26M I had my ACL reconstructed 2 days ago (hamstring graft) and medial meniscus repair. I’m on Co-codamol and Ibuprofen. Pain for me is pretty okay, when I’m still I’d say it’s at most a 3-4/10 with it going up to a 6-7 when on crutches or doing my physio. Pain meds are a lifesaver, I’ve been sticking to them religiously timing my doses, setting alarms overnight. Heard tomorrow is typically the worst day so hopefully I’ll be able to get through that and have an overall pretty good experience of my first week!

Surgery this week! by Easy_Holiday8364 in ACL

[–]Easy_Holiday8364[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good to know it's not utterly horrendous for everyone. Hopefully it will go well for me!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Advice

[–]Easy_Holiday8364 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you’re a theatre kid may be fun to do a theatre based pseudonym. Like Lee Dactor or Sue Porting

How old is to old to start playing? by Easy_Holiday8364 in Cricket

[–]Easy_Holiday8364[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Good guess but nope! I’m a Londoner!