mannyalfa
junior member
It’s been a little over 12 hours since my surgery: I still can’t believe it happened!
I got my preop ‘cocktail’ and the next thing I knew I was in recovery (!) Although I don’t remember it, the surgical nurse said that everyone got a chuckle because I went into my 6 Million Dollar Man routine when they put the mask on me “Meet Steve Austin, astronaut: a man barely alive...”
I got GA and no spinal block. When I woke up in recovery two things hit me: mouth and lips were dry, and both legs were throbbing with pain from thigh to ankle!! They gave my first OxyContin and wheeled me to my PRIVATE room (nice!). Got my first glimpse at my post op legs: they were betadine orange-I never shaved my legs before, that felt weird, bandages on my hips are small, and I have the ‘1’ and ‘2’ in market on my right and left leg that the doctor wrote when he saw me pre-op, the catheter was gone: came & went and I never knew it! Once the pain meds kicked in, I started moving my feet and wiggling my toes.
I now have two artificial hips... I have to let that sink in.
Despite the pain, emotionally I feel really great! Almost a ‘post-op euphoria’.
I got my appetite back pretty quickly, I fell asleep again and woke up @ 9PM. I missed dinner, so I had my first packet of Met-Rx which I mixed in water for a pudding-like consistency.
I watched a little TV, texted some friends and very gently massaged my legs.
It’s 6 AM, and this morning I’ll rave my first steps!
It’s still a little unnerving when the staff says “you got a bilateral? You brave soul!”
I got my preop ‘cocktail’ and the next thing I knew I was in recovery (!) Although I don’t remember it, the surgical nurse said that everyone got a chuckle because I went into my 6 Million Dollar Man routine when they put the mask on me “Meet Steve Austin, astronaut: a man barely alive...”
I got GA and no spinal block. When I woke up in recovery two things hit me: mouth and lips were dry, and both legs were throbbing with pain from thigh to ankle!! They gave my first OxyContin and wheeled me to my PRIVATE room (nice!). Got my first glimpse at my post op legs: they were betadine orange-I never shaved my legs before, that felt weird, bandages on my hips are small, and I have the ‘1’ and ‘2’ in market on my right and left leg that the doctor wrote when he saw me pre-op, the catheter was gone: came & went and I never knew it! Once the pain meds kicked in, I started moving my feet and wiggling my toes.
I now have two artificial hips... I have to let that sink in.
Despite the pain, emotionally I feel really great! Almost a ‘post-op euphoria’.
I got my appetite back pretty quickly, I fell asleep again and woke up @ 9PM. I missed dinner, so I had my first packet of Met-Rx which I mixed in water for a pudding-like consistency.
I watched a little TV, texted some friends and very gently massaged my legs.
It’s 6 AM, and this morning I’ll rave my first steps!
It’s still a little unnerving when the staff says “you got a bilateral? You brave soul!”