The power of anti-inflammatory meds

To reduce the chance of surgery complications the doctor instructed me to quit taking any anti-inflammatory medication a week before surgery and without realizing how much it was helping I quit taking it even earlier. It has been almost a week now and the amount of pain and limited mobility I now have as compared to a week ago demonstrates how effective the medication was even though it didn't necessarily feel that way at the time. Where my pain had been maybe 4-6 depending on how much walking I did it is now more often 6-8 and I am having a hard time lifting my leg to even put socks or shoes on. I don't remember going through this degree of increased discomfort last time around but maybe I waited a little longer to quit taking the mobic last time. Had my pre-surgery test done today so am one step closer to being ready.