I've been through the "wish I'd never done this", the depression, loads of pain and meds (ongoing), moments of hope... but the one thing that's still hard to grasp is having been told I'd be mostly recovered in twelve weeks when the truth for this surgery is a one year recovery.

Working at eight weeks is awful, so painful and tiring, my heart goes out to people who have physical jobs! The big plus side is by the one year mark I should be able to do things I haven't been able to do in years. I should be walking for miles and riding my bike wherever I want... VERY exciting!