I had my joint class tonight and my mom went with me since she'll be my main caretaker. I have done a lot of research and knew a lot of the stuff she talked about, but it was still very helpful to get the details about what will happen, especially in the hospital. Should be there for 3 days after surgery and then discharged home. I met the discharge planner and everything! It's weird to be on the other side of that since I used to plan discharges for my inpatient addiction clients all the time! Found out that I will be able to rest as needed and not "kept up," which was my biggest anxiety. Of course, I'm just hoping they will do the same anesthesia protocol as for my ankle surgery 3 months ago, and I'll be up and alert right after surgery! That would be great!
It's also started to dawn on me that this surgery is a big deal, well, a bigger deal that I already thought! I'm sure many of you are in the same boat as me...when you have many, many surgeries, it doesn't seem like as much of a big deal the more you have, at least for me anyway. However, 4 of my surgeries were outpatient, so I guess my frame of reference is skewed. Not sure if anyone else came to this same realization? I've never had pre-op testing and information as much as I have for this! The PA told me that the pain and recovery time are similar to the TTT I had years ago. I'm hoping that's somewhat true because if I could get through that, I can get through this for sure!
I have a good weekend planned at Kring Point, full of fishing, getting some sun, relaxing, and reading, hopefully 3-4 books. Wish I could kayak, but I guess I will just have to do some sightseeing and watching the big cargo ships on the St. Lawrence. I have my last pre-op medical clearance appointment on Monday and then it's really hunkering down and "nesting" to get ready for Wed. Can't believe it's almost here!
Hope everyone else is doing well with their stage of planning/waiting for surgery! We can do this!
@lene'
My surgery is in Batavia! It's at UMMC, which was known as Genesee Memorial. What a small world! If you don't mind my asking, where are you in NY State?
Jen