@Bevlah funny story about your knees (and ex!!) and thank you, I will look up nana mamma and read her posts. It does help to see others in similar situations so we don't feel alone.
@bickypeg I'd do an online search for melatonin. They must sell it OTC there?! It's so easy to get here and I've never heard of any bad side effects requiring strict regulation. Except it makes you sleep at night! I take a 10mg sublingual liquid dosage as needed on nights when I'm stressed or just need deep sleep. Our bodies manufacture it naturally but as we age we make less of it. Cruel plan of nature.
Also yes, try magnesium supplementation for sleep too. Via actual supplements before bed or creams or spray on liquids. Avoid oils since you might slip if it gets on a hard floor surface. I like the cream and spray as they bypass digestive tract and go right in dermally, fast. But have never had any problems with the pills either. I have to supplement magnesium daily.
@SurreyGirl Will check out your question at your page in a bit. Just about to crank up the ice machin and return some calls / emails for work.
On the "miracle corner" turned news....I do get overly enthused with the slightest signs of progress... Decided I'd do a night without heavy meds and went to sleep with just Tylenol for pain. Part experiment part to start getting off heavier drugs. Slept well. Woke in pretty bad pain, same areas as before, all along the right side of leg down to the foot. Hip itself seems ...ok. The rest is thrashed.
That made me sad, mad, moody, teary-eyed, despairing, heartsick, irritable and stupid. All in a short time. So I instinctively took my breakfast out on to the patio, where it's sunny and gorgeous, and it all seemed a little better after some double P (Pumpkin & Prune), coffee, quiche, bird songs, construction sounds (our ongoing soundtrack here) blue blue skies and stunning hillside views. I shamed myself just enough for the earlier pity party and had a nice sensible talking to. To Myself that is... Glad no one but the birds were around.
I then called the elusive Dr again (are you reading this
@lovesstars?! Put away that whip, girl!) And, yet another miracle of miracles....they called back!! His nurse talked to me for a long while, by this time I was full on crying, oh the drama! What an emotional roller coaster we hippys ride! And they decided on prescribe a low dose steroid ...dexa-something.... To get the inflammation down and also diagnostically to see if it's working at my Tues post op appt and be able to assess better the issue. It's ready now and my butler, chef, picker-upper, ice man, therapist, housekeeper super-spouse is going to pick it up. (Still reading
@lovesstars?! The Dr's office called!!)
I now have 2 weeks to be walking and ready for some prior commitments that will be a miracle yet again if I can swing it. Maybe the steroids... I told the nurse that I felt as if all my pain problems stemmed from the dislo ...rather than the surgery itself. Since hip and wound were A-ok. She could not comment, of course. But I'll bet those other 11 hips done that day with the other crew are in bed groaning as well. I think Tarzan was on Dislocation duty September 21.
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