goblue61
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Had LTH surgery this past Tuesday and all went amazingly well. Doctor recommended getting a spinal block and that was a good decision in my opinion. No nausea, sore throat, or grogginess when I woke up. Zero pain also! Mini Posterior surgery scheduled for 9:30am. Wife told me the doctor told her that surgery took close to 2 hours. Went a little longer because I am an athletic guy (at least I was before hip pain the last two years) and had to be more careful to not cut muscle.
Was moved to my room around 1pm and met some great nurses at Cedar Park Regional Hospital who took very good care of me. Around 5pm the nurses took my pee bottle from me and said they would like me to walk to the bathroom. Why not, lets give it a shot!
First steps were very shaky and scary but slowly made it to the bathroom to pee and walk back to the bed. Hardest part was trying to pee with a young female nurse holding a security strap directly behind me. Turning on the water faucet helped the stage fright.
First night in hospital very minimal pain and nurses did well with the meds and helping me to the bathroom 3 times (Unfortunately very normal evening except for using a walker to get there and disconnecting all the stuff to leave a hospital bed). Each time walking I was able to improve and apply more pressure on my left side with my walker. By the 3rd time walking since surgery (3 am) was able to walk easily with walker a good 75ft down the hallway with assistance.
After breakfast and group PT I was ready to go home at 1pm. Five hours later waiting for delivery of a walker and commode to take home I finally was able to leave and go home. Got home after picking up meds (6 prescriptions including Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, Blood thinner, Nerve pain medicine, and stool softener)
First night all went well and was able to sleep with minimal pain. Only had to wake up my wife twice during the night for help to bathroom. Our home has no stairs which I am very happy about.
Today has been a day of rest with doing a few PT exercises and home health PT lady came by to inspect the home, jot down starting benchmarks, and even timed me on my walker walking through a straightaway in my living room.
I really think that I could do so much more than the exercises given and also think I could drive and ditch the walker within a week, but after reading the many posts about NOT overdoing it. I do know to just chill out and take it slowly.
Maybe I can get my moneys worth from Netflix the next few weeks
Was moved to my room around 1pm and met some great nurses at Cedar Park Regional Hospital who took very good care of me. Around 5pm the nurses took my pee bottle from me and said they would like me to walk to the bathroom. Why not, lets give it a shot!
First steps were very shaky and scary but slowly made it to the bathroom to pee and walk back to the bed. Hardest part was trying to pee with a young female nurse holding a security strap directly behind me. Turning on the water faucet helped the stage fright.
First night in hospital very minimal pain and nurses did well with the meds and helping me to the bathroom 3 times (Unfortunately very normal evening except for using a walker to get there and disconnecting all the stuff to leave a hospital bed). Each time walking I was able to improve and apply more pressure on my left side with my walker. By the 3rd time walking since surgery (3 am) was able to walk easily with walker a good 75ft down the hallway with assistance.
After breakfast and group PT I was ready to go home at 1pm. Five hours later waiting for delivery of a walker and commode to take home I finally was able to leave and go home. Got home after picking up meds (6 prescriptions including Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, Blood thinner, Nerve pain medicine, and stool softener)
First night all went well and was able to sleep with minimal pain. Only had to wake up my wife twice during the night for help to bathroom. Our home has no stairs which I am very happy about.
Today has been a day of rest with doing a few PT exercises and home health PT lady came by to inspect the home, jot down starting benchmarks, and even timed me on my walker walking through a straightaway in my living room.
I really think that I could do so much more than the exercises given and also think I could drive and ditch the walker within a week, but after reading the many posts about NOT overdoing it. I do know to just chill out and take it slowly.
Maybe I can get my moneys worth from Netflix the next few weeks