I've been offline since my surgery Tuesday, mainly because I was so incoherent from medication I'm not sure I'd have made much sense!!
So I had a RTHR anterior approach Tuesday. Kept my morphine drip until day 2 because of severe knee pain. Had a knee X-ray and all OK just put down to swelling of my entire leg.
Came home today, got in the car and burst into tears......all the pain I had felt pre-op when sitting in the care wasn't there anymore, it was amazing. I got home, had lunch and then enjoyed the comfort of my own bed (OMG) for a nap.
I am walking with crutches. By the end of the day my foot is sliding on the floor as its all too stiff to lift. I have been up a lot in the night but was reassured by this forum to expect it. I am staying up later than usual tonight to see if this makes any difference especially since I slept 3 hours this afternoon.
still to do a number 2💩 have been maxing out on laxatives so can't be too far away!
Been great to read every one else's journey over the last week,
Good luck to you. It's so great to hear your stories because I'm hoping for a new hip sometime in the (hopefully) not to distant future. It's very reassurring to read how everyone gets on x
I think you'll find we all heal at different rates...Some are cautious and some gun ho! And doctors vary in their advice too.
My no two took exactly a week to come and that at home after leaving hospital on day 4...and the raised loo seat was strange but essential for 3-4 weeks . And yes rest is essential after all your exursions.
welcome home Georgie .... expect that the waterworks will come and go ... it is so hard to explain how we feel, isn't it ... only here are we understood ...
I was not allowed to leave without having produced no 2 ... just saying that I did, was not enough ---- see of you can get some senna ...
wishing you fast relief soon - seems you are doing really good -
Hi Georgie it was so much better once I had been...I had to buy a riser as could not fit in the one that was issued to me, just that bunch of bannanas on my lap would not get through, just for blokes that....it is the Tramadols, or Cocodomols that stop us all going, so I still use the Naproxin 500mgs as a painkiller, as they help you go, and kill the pain, but they are too strong for just one side, my left at the moment, gosh I am back to work on Monday night, and no date in sight either, I am fretting about it...sure I am getting about better than I was before the first operation though.
Great to hear from you, and keep us posted, Kind regards as always Ian.
Do your leg exercises and that heaviness will soon go
I have been out with hubbies in car today and it's wonderful not to have that 'car' pain isn't it
He dropped me off at bank whilst he went to library to take back my very overdue books
When I came out I sat on a bech in the sun to wait for him to pick me up and thought to myself his wonderful to have been given this new pain free life. Everything just felt so good - I can't stop smiling!
Dont worry about your sleep pattern - there isn't one - just sleep when and where you like
i burst into tears morning two. I felt so sorry for myself, wondered what the heck I had done, felt so out of control of my body and realising there is no going back now. I put it down to the meds!!
people don't understand the pain of arthritis. I can now move in ways that I couldn't before. I am in pain, but it is different! And you know it's getting better not worse
people don't appreciate how hard a toilet seat is do they? I couldn't believe my bum hurt so much!! And in all this pain they want you to do number two!! Give us a break!
Im quite lucky in the fact I know pecan nuts give me the runs, so I just make sure I Eat some every day and that does the trick
enjoy being at home, be kind to yourself, you have got quite a bit to go through, but we are all here, I dont know what I would have done without all my hippy friends.
If you feel sad/miserable/desperate/we are here. Practically 24/7 because there always seems to be someone awake
good luck.
I find the night time hard as I don't sleep very well at the best of times, so now I am lucky if I get two hours. You will have good days and bad days, but you will get there