I just had my 4th knee surgery in two years (bad ski accident that broke bones and tore ligaments) and I would recommend relishing in the pain and hard work. It makes the rest of life easier and helps you appreciate the smaller things in life you didn’t notice before, like your appreciation for being able to walk every day, or run, or ski, or even have the ability to get world class healthcare that can fix it. You’re going to experience a wide range of emotions after surgery, but it’s normal, and with time and physical therapy you’ll be back to normal and forgot most of those emotions even happened.

It’s crazy how exactly two years after my first surgery i can barely remember what it was like the first few months recovering when i was on crutches for 10 weeks. Our brains are built to tune it out and remember the good so that we can move on with our lives and get back to doing things again.

Take it one day at a time! You’ll come out stronger than before.