Wrapping up week 1, POD7
This week has been a doozy. I knew it would be, but you can only be so prepared and then you just have to wait and see what reality brings... Thursday morning last week, I walked to the hospital for my surgery. I wanted/needed to walk there. I’m glad it was beautiful weather. There were a lot of runners out, and I kept thinking how perfect the weather was for running. I listened to the song ‘Walk’ by the Foo Fighters. This song means a million things to me. It’s representative of me recovering from an eating disorder, it’s me thriving despite living with anxiety and depression, it’s me putting in the hard work to advance my education/career, and it’s me literally learning to walk again after this knee surgery. Pennsylvania Hospital is so beautiful. I’m really grateful to work there and to have been a patient there. This is my knee before they took me to pre-op. Scarred already from previous surgeries, and relatively busted on the inside. I’m grateful for t...