Personal Narrative: Life After Recovery

I remember being so nervous I couldn’t sleep. I lay awake contemplating the complications that could occur during my surgery. The hours slowly passed by until it was time to head to the hospital. Being dressed in a hospital gown with an IV stuck in my arm only heightened my anxiety. As the nurses rolled me into the operating room, all I could think about is how my life would be altered after surgery. My recovery was hard. Yes, my doctor explained to me the pain I would endure and the long length of recovery, but nothing could have prepared me for the actual process. The day the doctors and physical therapists deemed me “back to normal” I was so happy I wanted to cry. Relief washed through me because I no longer had to worry about the angle at which my knee would bend or turn down trips with my friends because of the …show more content…
I was struggling to adjust to my new life. My situation made me closed off because it felt too personal and complicated to share with my friends. Instead of getting easier over time, it was getting harder. I realized that this was because I wasn’t willing to accept the change. My unwillingness to forgive my parents for splitting our family,
Once I was able to grasp the idea that my life would never again be like it was before the divorce, no matter how bad I wanted it, I started to feel better. The only way I was going to get through the separation of my family was to have an open mind and adjust to the new circumstances. Though I learned this lesson the hard way, I’m thankful I learned it at all. The experience has altered the way I look at how to overcome life altering events.
Looking back, I realize that I had no reason to be scared going into surgery. Events in my life have taught me how to adapt to change. How to cope with my new normal. I was prepared to handle whatever happened after my surgery because of this, even though I didn’t know it, just as I am prepared to handle any situation in the