one year later

It's been just over a year since my surgery. Wish I could say I'm doing super-great but guess I'm not quite there yet. Overall, the trajectory is still positive, but progress is very slow.

The last few days have been characterized by drastic extremes in my pain level. Friday I was in a lot of pain (mostly LHS) and had to take some tramadol and naproxen. Saturday I was OK, and then again yesterday (Sunday) I was in really bad pain again (mostly LHS, perhaps a 5 or 6) and had to take more medication, both prescribed and not. And now today (Monday) I am feeling pretty good again.

I don't understand how it can vary so much from day to day. Maybe something as minor as carrying groceries or sitting at work for a few hours can end up messing me up the next day? I'm really not sure, and it is quite frustrating. And the variation makes it very difficult to plan for social events.

I'm still glad I had the surgery done as overall my pain level is better than before. I just wish that I could be pain-free all the time. I'm still planning on trying to surf sometime this summer. We shall see....