Things are getting better, slowly but surely. Here are some the the things I can and can't do at this point.
-No more TED hose! Yeah, it was so nice to get rid of those.
-Down to 2 or 3 oxycodone a day.
- Getting around much better. I can bear more weight on the op leg. Sometimes I drop to 1 crutch around the house for a little while. It's so much easier in the kitchen to grab things, etc.
- Sleeping in my own bed, although not without pain. Still can't sleep on my left side. Sick of sleeping on my back.
- Easier to get dressed.
- Tried jeans on yesterday, still too uncomfortable with incision and pain. Was able to wear some other cord pants though.
-Actually went a couple places this past week besides the doctor's office! Went to an hour of church on Sunday and out to dinner last night. I even walked around JC Penney's for a little while.
-Still can't lift kids
- My lower back hurts a lot. I don't know if it is from crutching around or just relating to my hip pain.
-I still have to watch myself. If I do too much I pay for it and have to take more pain pills.
-I can't wait until I can drive again but I am still a long ways from that.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
You might be dysplastic if...
haha!! I had to copy this off another hipster's blog. It is so true which makes it so funny (in kind of a sick humor kind of way : )
You might be dysplastic if ...
1. You are under 30 and own a walker, a raised toilet seat and a hip kit.
2. You have said, "it's not a hip replacement, they are breaking my pelvis" more than once in the same day.
3. You are adept at doing the "fist in hand" demonstration of a what a normal hip looks like, followed by what YOURS looks like, followed by how the surgeon will correct it.
4. While carving a turkey, you take the opportunity to demonstrate for your guests how periacetabular osteotomy works using the carving knife, said turkey, and a few screws from the junk drawer in the kitchen. You end up ordering pizza.
5. You are the youngest person in your aquatherapy class.
6. You are the oldest patient at the children's hospital.
7. Before going on any outing you ask, "how far will I have to walk?"
8. You can spell "iliopsoas" and "trochanter."
9. Eskimos have hundreds of words for snow. You have hundreds of words for hip pain: snapping, grinding, tin foil, popping, giving way, ripping, tearing, shredding, burning ...
10. Even though you got a "C" in high school biology, you can name and describe the function of every muscle, tendon and bone between your belly button and your knee cap.
11. You practice sleeping on your back so that you'll be ready for the weeks post surgery.
12. You are a woman but you say the word "groin" a lot.
13. You have posted a picture of yourself in a hospital gown on the internet.
14. You have posted pictures of your incision, your x-rays, your hardware, or your surgeon on the internet.
15. You've refinanced your house and/or cashed out your retirement accounts just in case you have to pay for a surgery which your insurance company may, at the last minute, deem "not medically necessary."
16. You have a blog which you update hourly (first week post diagnosis), obsessively (in the months leading up to surgery), daily (the week before surgery), daily with help from a family member or nurse (from the time the epidural comes out until you leave the hospital), bi-weekly (from the time you leave the hospital until you get to throw the damn crutches away), then twice monthly until such time as you just want to get on with your life again. You then update the blog one year after surgery with a picture of your healed incision. Unless ... you need surgery on the other side; if so, repeat.
You might be dysplastic if ...
1. You are under 30 and own a walker, a raised toilet seat and a hip kit.
2. You have said, "it's not a hip replacement, they are breaking my pelvis" more than once in the same day.
3. You are adept at doing the "fist in hand" demonstration of a what a normal hip looks like, followed by what YOURS looks like, followed by how the surgeon will correct it.
4. While carving a turkey, you take the opportunity to demonstrate for your guests how periacetabular osteotomy works using the carving knife, said turkey, and a few screws from the junk drawer in the kitchen. You end up ordering pizza.
5. You are the youngest person in your aquatherapy class.
6. You are the oldest patient at the children's hospital.
7. Before going on any outing you ask, "how far will I have to walk?"
8. You can spell "iliopsoas" and "trochanter."
9. Eskimos have hundreds of words for snow. You have hundreds of words for hip pain: snapping, grinding, tin foil, popping, giving way, ripping, tearing, shredding, burning ...
10. Even though you got a "C" in high school biology, you can name and describe the function of every muscle, tendon and bone between your belly button and your knee cap.
11. You practice sleeping on your back so that you'll be ready for the weeks post surgery.
12. You are a woman but you say the word "groin" a lot.
13. You have posted a picture of yourself in a hospital gown on the internet.
14. You have posted pictures of your incision, your x-rays, your hardware, or your surgeon on the internet.
15. You've refinanced your house and/or cashed out your retirement accounts just in case you have to pay for a surgery which your insurance company may, at the last minute, deem "not medically necessary."
16. You have a blog which you update hourly (first week post diagnosis), obsessively (in the months leading up to surgery), daily (the week before surgery), daily with help from a family member or nurse (from the time the epidural comes out until you leave the hospital), bi-weekly (from the time you leave the hospital until you get to throw the damn crutches away), then twice monthly until such time as you just want to get on with your life again. You then update the blog one year after surgery with a picture of your healed incision. Unless ... you need surgery on the other side; if so, repeat.
I Hate Bedtime!
I am so tired of tossing and turning all night. Some nights have been better than others but this week for whatever reason has been especially bad. I think I am just really sick of sleeping in the recliner. Last night I would sleep okay in one position and then wake up aching and hurting so I would switch to another position, wake up a little later all sore in a different spot. I finally decided to take a pain pill and was able to sleep for a few hours at a time. Then, I moved to the bed and realized I could sleep pretty decent on my stomach. I thought it would hurt to lay like that but so far it has been the best positition. So I am so hoping for a decent night's sleep tonight. Thank goodness I have my MIL still here so even if I can't sleep at night I can catch up some in the day, or sleep in. It will be a whole different story when I'm on my own in a week!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
3 Week Update
I feel like I have been stuck inside forever. It is such a beautiful day today. I'll have to make my way outside for a little while. I thought I would update what I can and can't do at the 3 week mark:
- Can take a shower standing up (use chair as support) Yay!
- Down to taking about 3 oxycodone a day. No oxycontin.
- Still wearing TED hose
- Swelling around incision is gone.
- Still sleeping in recliner.
- Walking more. Able to put a lot more weight on my op leg.
- My quad/leg is driving me crazy. The numbness/tingling feeling is constant and feels like hot pokers all along my leg. I hope that means the nerves are recovering.
- I'm noticing my muscles have atrophied. : (
- My muscle spasms at night aren't as bad or as constant as they were. Some nights are better than others.
- Can take a shower standing up (use chair as support) Yay!
- Down to taking about 3 oxycodone a day. No oxycontin.
- Still wearing TED hose
- Swelling around incision is gone.
- Still sleeping in recliner.
- Walking more. Able to put a lot more weight on my op leg.
- My quad/leg is driving me crazy. The numbness/tingling feeling is constant and feels like hot pokers all along my leg. I hope that means the nerves are recovering.
- I'm noticing my muscles have atrophied. : (
- My muscle spasms at night aren't as bad or as constant as they were. Some nights are better than others.
Monday, February 1, 2010
PAO video
This is a great video explaining what hip dysplasia is and how they fix it. They follow a girl from the UK with hip dysplasia who has the same surgery as me, a periacetabular osteotomy (PAO). It does get graphic in the middle with the surgery. Might want to skip that part. Otherwise check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t6RWO8uG-g
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