Are you maintaining a diary? I found my diary to provide a useful set of recovery milestones which, as I slowly improved, provided great positive feedback that I actually WAS improving. The passage of time was surprisingly indistinct during recovery and my diary gave me a good time anchor: How did I feel a week ago? Two weeks ago? I commonly felt frustration with my recovery trajectory but nearly always felt better using the reference of my diary to "see" that I really was getting better. I've been following a general three-part recovery timetable: (1) Three months until I start to feel better (that was true). (2) Six months to be able to medically gauge the overall success of the surgery. (I meet with the neurosurgeon in a few weeks for that assessment). (3) 12 months to full recovery...hopefully sooner...Best wishes.