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No sunshine today. A totally grey day here - maybe that's part of the problem!
THR Bionic Jaycey checking in!
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gazelle7777
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Morning JC! It is grey here in Seattle as well....drippy wet, grey. Only good thing is tomorrow is suppose to be 70 degrees and sunny! One day to enjoy, and then back to the Seattle rain next week. I walked to the mailbox with no crutch or cane today. Felt good. If it were not for the bump (hematoma), I would actually feel great. It is still about the same. No bigger, no smaller. Just a bump in my road( pun intended!)
Going to go shopping with DH today. Need to have a reason to get cleaned up and fix my hair. Sometimes that makes a person feel better. Hope you feel better....only on week three for us. Seems like ages doesn't It? I will keep you in my thoughts...((hugs)) Joan
Going to go shopping with DH today. Need to have a reason to get cleaned up and fix my hair. Sometimes that makes a person feel better. Hope you feel better....only on week three for us. Seems like ages doesn't It? I will keep you in my thoughts...((hugs)) Joan
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Centuries!
Oh yes, the temper!
I had a little tantrum worth of my 3-year old granddaughter yesterday - and all for something relatively minor. I think it's all part of the frustration and emotional instability that come with recovery.
@Jaycey I am envious of you being able to walk 0.6 mile to the shop. All I can do so far is walk around the garden and up the driveway a little. I guess that's the difference between hip and knee replacements!
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@Jaycey I hope tomorrow brings a pretty blue sky day, so you can do a nice short walk outdoors again.
Those walks outdoors are so good for us.
I noted you mentioned stiffness at times.
I remember up to week four I think when I would wake up in the morning and get out of bed , my entire upper body would be stiff. That stiffness was so profound I would try to move little tiny movements to get my torso out of bed.
And, then, just like that..... about week 5 or 6, it just left!
I wish you clear days and sunny skies.
Those walks outdoors are so good for us.
I noted you mentioned stiffness at times.
I remember up to week four I think when I would wake up in the morning and get out of bed , my entire upper body would be stiff. That stiffness was so profound I would try to move little tiny movements to get my torso out of bed.
And, then, just like that..... about week 5 or 6, it just left!
I wish you clear days and sunny skies.
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Well @Celle , I obviously can't walk .6miles without paying for it the next day. Not feeling as achy as I did yesterday so I guess the walk was too much. I will try a shorter one today.
@MajorHeidi that morning stiffness really does make the morning a chore! Can't wait to get beyond it!
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The difference between knee and hip replacement for me has been like night and day!~ OMG.... this hip experience has been a breeze for me since day one compared to BTKR. Even thought the knee replacement was such a blessing and any pain was not as bad as the BEFORE THE SURGERY BONE ON BONE PAIN
.... it was still a much longer stretched out healing. Knees are much more complicated I guess.... that darn bend it so important from day one!
.... it was still a much longer stretched out healing. Knees are much more complicated I guess.... that darn bend it so important from day one!
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I'm thinking of you today, @Jaycey and hope with each day the stiffness lessens and the sun comes out.
I'm sure you don't need to be reminded of all you've had on your plate--the loss of your dear cat and
the blues from the surgery, and the weird purgatory one is in after the surgery where you feel bored by
being sidelined but not physically able (and restricted, on top of that!) to just get up and go. Think about how usually we employ a flurry of physical activity--exercise for some; housework, gardening, etc. for others--to help pull us temporarily out of any funk we are feeling. But with a THR, you can't just do that. So it's a weird and often unpleasant and unsettling place to be. But it will pass. That's one thing you do know. I sure hope this coming week is better.
I'm sure you don't need to be reminded of all you've had on your plate--the loss of your dear cat and
the blues from the surgery, and the weird purgatory one is in after the surgery where you feel bored by
being sidelined but not physically able (and restricted, on top of that!) to just get up and go. Think about how usually we employ a flurry of physical activity--exercise for some; housework, gardening, etc. for others--to help pull us temporarily out of any funk we are feeling. But with a THR, you can't just do that. So it's a weird and often unpleasant and unsettling place to be. But it will pass. That's one thing you do know. I sure hope this coming week is better.
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You make a very good point @Peaches . I am the type who is mega active to help cope with situations like the loss of my feline friend. That coupled with the normal frustrations of recovery is a double punch.
@Poppet thanks for your good wishes - we did have sun today! I did another walk (only .4miles) today and then took a very long nap. The nap is unusual for me so I must have been very tired. Even missed my afternoon pain meds.
Tomorrow is another day - and the healing continues.
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Yesterday was one we can write off! One of those weepy days when everything set me off. Then the temper tantrums as well. It's so frustrating when you realise the simplest activities are not possible.
The good news is I did the .6mile walk again yesterday and although I was a bit tired - no hip pain post walk. We are supposed to have horrid rain this afternoon and evening so can't try it again today. Maybe tomorrow.
The good news is I did the .6mile walk again yesterday and although I was a bit tired - no hip pain post walk. We are supposed to have horrid rain this afternoon and evening so can't try it again today. Maybe tomorrow.
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@Jaycey Sorry to hear you have been a bit frustrated over the last little while, hopefully that will ease soon. I really don't known where I have drawn my patience from over the last 7 months so I guess I am a sloth at heart 
I do remember the tantrums as well (still have them on occasion) I think they are a bi-product of the frustration and feeling so dependent. There are times when hubby not things my way just infuriates me - the last thing I need to do is bite the hand that feeds me though so I bite my tongue or drop something forcefully "by accident" 
I do remember the tantrums as well (still have them on occasion) I think they are a bi-product of the frustration and feeling so dependent. There are times when hubby not things my way just infuriates me - the last thing I need to do is bite the hand that feeds me though so I bite my tongue or drop something forcefully "by accident"
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Ah my specialty, "accidently on purpose" as my sister and I used to call it. Hope you're having the Up day that ought to follow the Down one. Be kind to yourself!!
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@Jaycey, you need to fly here and stay with me for a few weeks. We have more than our share of sunshine and warm temps and you would really enjoy seeing the gulf! Ok, I know that's not going to happen but be encouraged...you've done SO well so far...and I love that you throw tantrums. I do, too, but mostly alone. I'm afraid that if someone saw me, they'd call the folks at the funny farm.
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