You'll learn the pain from the plate is there to stay...
I'm 9 years out from mine, I still get twinges every now and then (it's fairly seldom, maybe two twinges a month), and a handful of sore days in the area of the plate, per year.
It's more nuisance than anything. You'll have to learn what's okay to feel. Just keep your head down and do everything therapy says, you be at full performance in no time.