The “OMZ, I can’t TAKE this pain has subsided”. The worst day was Wednesday, the second full day after the operation. I’d been released on Tuesday in the afternoon, with bags of pills to take the edge off, manage digestion, and otherwise make home management easier. Fortunately, in a former life, my husband did nurse assistant stuff, and was comfortable with injecting the into-the-belly-fat antibiotic.
One of the few times I was happy to have some extra belly fat.
Make no mistake about it – this IS uncomfortable. However, it’s getting easier to get around, handle the basic things – bathing (with some assistance from the Hub), walking (with walker – I mostly use it for balance and to take a little weight off the repaired leg), and toileting (not gonna describe the adjustments there).
I’m finally managing to sleep for more than an hour or two at a time. I had a PT visit on Friday, and will have both PT and OT for the next two weeks at home. The day after is a *&^%. I’ve been doing a lot of gentle stretching to ease the pain.
Already, I can see the pain will be less than I had before the operation very quickly. I had not realized just how bad it was before.
The worst is dropping things on the floor, out of reach. I’m doing that a lot.
I’ve not listened to news or watched TV. Normally, I find what’s available mostly boring, Leftist, or designed to appeal to the lowest IQ levels. I’ve been reading, checking out meme sites (very good for the attitude), and trying to sleep when I can.
To be fair, almost all of what is on the so-called news is gossip, Hate-TRUMP, and fluff. The “pundits and experts” are clueless about what is going on, don’t know what to make of the treaty back and forth negotiations, and seem paralyzed about providing any response to programs – DOGE, audits, retaliatory tariffs, and deportations of people who are often dangerous criminals, those who have milked the benefits system for goodies they aren’t eligible for, and, yes, those “BRAVE!” students on foreign visas who have engaged in illegal and/or terroristic activities.
All I can say is “Adios!”
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I’m 16 week in- still rough, but spring is here! bike rides and long walks expected to break this shit!!!!!!!!!
Heal up soon – I will pray for you. I hope it’s a success and the pain goes away soon!
Have had 2 friends have this surgery. I don’t think they are the norm. Lady was 80 and a BIG shopper. She went with her daughter shopping at least 5 days a week. So when she was given exercise to do she decided to doubled them. Was up and around and on first shopping trip in 3 weeks. Doesn’t even limp. Other friend, 75 just had knee done in Feb. and she now up to a two mile walk a day. She flying to Georgia, the country, not state, in a week for a mountain hiking trip. I am very grateful to be the very lucky one, as of this moment I have never had knee pain. So sorry you’re going through this but it does get better and will put you on my prayer list.
Your greatest difficulty, and greatest disappointment, will be the loss of tone in all the little balance muscles that surrounded your ankle that you took for granted and will find very diffcult to rebuild. Oh yeah, and try to do something besides watch TV while recuperating. You don’t want to rot your mind with that swill.
Sorry I somehow missed this over the weekend. Hope you’re continuing doing better.
My wife had her first hip replacement at 50 and the other side by 57. They both are holding up fine after having been told expect to replace them in “10 years or so” (the first one was in 2003). I know far more people with metal hips than knees, the first person I knew to get a knee was an absurdly thin component engineer I worked with. She was at home, lying on the floor “doing bills” and when she went to stand up it popped and never worked again. My impression is sometimes it’s pure luck, sometimes we contribute to it.
I’m still working on needing my first knee replacement. Given a choice, I’d still rather not need to do that.
I’m now a week and a half out, and it is feeling better. I’m able to bearsome weight, use my walker for assistance, and navigate bathroom needs.
I’m unbelievably tired today, as I had both OT and PT visits today. On April 21, I have my follow-up with the surgeon. I still need a lot of rest in between using it.