Those pics don't look bad at all haha. I was swollen from the time I woke up in recovery until....well now I'm still swollen a little bit, but it's less noticable now. I hadn't tested my limits yet before today. I fought through the ankle bruise and now I can walk (with the brace locked) unassisted. I'll probably use 1 crutch for the next day just for comfort, plus I'll actually be on my feet tomorrow.
At PT today I saw 2 people close to my age that were also rehabbing ACL surgery. They were both about 2-2.5 weeks ahead of me. My goal now, is to be better before them haha. I crutched in today and both of them walked in like nothing was wrong. I want that to be me. Now I have some competition haha.
In all seriousness, I want to get better fast but I'm not going to rush things. One day at a time.