gloveguy
junior member
Hey there, fellow Hippies,
Day 12 is upon me!
I’ve been laying low for the past few days and thought I’d share an update.
I last posted 4 days ago where I found my body just wanted me to sleep. Sunday was more of the same. I’ve basically just been listening to my body and giving only what it’s asking for; After all, it’s only day 12!
Sunday night I was pretty restless, which I attributed to just having so much sleep over the weekend. Normally I’d curtail daytime sleeping/napping and save that for the overnight hours, but since my life will be much different for the next 3 months, or so, I sleep when I want and watch movies, etc, when my body doesn’t want to sleep.
Monday was pretty normal with less napping and Monday night I got less sleep than I would have liked, but, oh well!
Tuesday I went out for approximately 5 hours. I got a prescription renewed as well as rode around with my wife while she ran errands, etc. Tuesday was pretty amazing when I was out of the vehicle, walking around, etc. I had virtually no pain the whole time. I felt like I could have gone with 1 crutch, but I stayed with 2. The only discomfort was while riding in my wife’s vehicle, most road bumps caused my muscle spasms to reappear and punish me, but I kind of expected that.
Last night sleep was okay @ approx. 4-5 hours.
Today I have pretty decent energy but I’m not doing a whole lot considering I was out and about for quite a while yesterday.
The one thing I’m finding is that when I go to sleep flat on my back, my OpLeg won’t quite comfortably lie straight as I get a tightness deep in my groin area and my lower back, just about the surgical area. It definitely feels muscular. At this point, is this something I should concern myself with? The pain meds don’t completely deal with this discomfort, either. I’m not quite sure what to make of this, so, any suggestions/feedback is more than welcome!
Day 12 is upon me!
I’ve been laying low for the past few days and thought I’d share an update.
I last posted 4 days ago where I found my body just wanted me to sleep. Sunday was more of the same. I’ve basically just been listening to my body and giving only what it’s asking for; After all, it’s only day 12!
Sunday night I was pretty restless, which I attributed to just having so much sleep over the weekend. Normally I’d curtail daytime sleeping/napping and save that for the overnight hours, but since my life will be much different for the next 3 months, or so, I sleep when I want and watch movies, etc, when my body doesn’t want to sleep.
Monday was pretty normal with less napping and Monday night I got less sleep than I would have liked, but, oh well!
Tuesday I went out for approximately 5 hours. I got a prescription renewed as well as rode around with my wife while she ran errands, etc. Tuesday was pretty amazing when I was out of the vehicle, walking around, etc. I had virtually no pain the whole time. I felt like I could have gone with 1 crutch, but I stayed with 2. The only discomfort was while riding in my wife’s vehicle, most road bumps caused my muscle spasms to reappear and punish me, but I kind of expected that.
Last night sleep was okay @ approx. 4-5 hours.
Today I have pretty decent energy but I’m not doing a whole lot considering I was out and about for quite a while yesterday.
The one thing I’m finding is that when I go to sleep flat on my back, my OpLeg won’t quite comfortably lie straight as I get a tightness deep in my groin area and my lower back, just about the surgical area. It definitely feels muscular. At this point, is this something I should concern myself with? The pain meds don’t completely deal with this discomfort, either. I’m not quite sure what to make of this, so, any suggestions/feedback is more than welcome!