Mental Health post op
Hey Reddit,
I'm (30m) and had my acl reconstruction op 5 days ago. This shows how privileged I’ve been in life, but the last few days have been up there with the most challenging of my life. I’m on my own in the flat a lot of the day whilst my partner is in work and feel isolated. Logistics feel like a lot of pressure, im needing to ask work for more time off and they haven’t responded, my gp is further away atm and I need to travel back, and this week I learned that my dad has a tumor which they dont know if its cancerous, and I keep crying all the time I don’t know if it’s side effects of the medication I’ve been taking as well. I didn’t know that I’d need to self inject blood thinners every night post op, thats been challenging too. I’m really missing people and having friends Or some support a bit more often. I’m grateful for my op and support I’ve had, and I appreciate I’m very fortunate, I just didn’t expect myself to find the injury/rexovery so MENTALLY challenging.
Thanks for reading