Grass is always greener my friend ! <| sep |> Older style ACL surgery on my knee . The used to may still have to cut a nerve that ran down the front of the shin . They reattach it after the surgery , but for some people numbness may persist after the nerves sort themselves out . For me , when I stood up the first time after surgery a few hours later to go to the restroom , I went white as a sheet . The nerve damage and the blood moving in the leg felt like a wave of literal fire was rolling down my leg . Apparently both the nurse and my mother were afraid they were going to have to catch me because I went white so fast I used to powerliftbig guyso they were worried ! . There was also some cursing involved . Definite 810 moment . I ' m saving 9 and 1010 for being partially or totally on fire . For comparison , appendicitis was a joke 45 minutes from bursting , wouldn ' t even rate it as a 310 . I ' ve had 14 surgeries for various generally sports injuries . Knees , shoulders , lower legs , nose white water rafting accident , etc . Nothing else came close to that ACL first afternoon postsurgery . Ouch .