The first thing I learned, kicking and screaming for my own opinions on care, was that the experts were right all along! I did need that new knee. I wasted a lot of time with stop gap remedies that lasted a bit, but failed to stop the hurting.
So, to all my peers who have had a similar medical need, you are a hero and a winner in every sense of the word. The unheralded heroes in this story are the medical staff and physical therapists who stepped in where I failed and made me well again.
The things since surgery that I learned to accept were more about changing Ellen than about the steps to healing that occurred. First, I learned I have no patience with any weakness or perceived failure on my part! Did I really need that pain medicine, was the pain a figment of my imagination, surely no one had felt this before! With a very easy medical history, I hadn’t had to test my tolerance of long term discomfort and mental toughness.
The real heroes of this adventure were the medical and therapists who overlooked my personal prejudices and healed me.
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