What beautiful weather we’ve had this weekend! And I’ve been able to make it out to my back garden to enjoy it.
Since Wednesday it’s been a war to figure out how to best tackle recovery dealing with my second hip surgery in less than three months. It’s the truth that no two hip replacement surgeries are the same.
My second hip surgery recovery has many positives associated with it. I’m able to basically sleep through the night with just a bathroom break. What a bonus!
I wake up with much pain and stiffness but I have a full night’s sleep. Also this hip doesn’t suffer from log leg. The downside to this is that it makes me feel as though I am further along in recovery than I really am. But no log leg is nice and makes many things easier. Plus my LLD is now gone and I’m not limping or feeling tilted.
The negatives I’m running into are totally different than with the first surgery. I’ve had swelling in both legs for over a week, finally much improved by continued elevation, icing, and rest. Also, I ended up with a numb first operated side thigh from sleeping on that side on night and it is slowly going away. Hopefully it’ll totally disappear over time. But what’s causing me the most problem is getting my medication straightened out. It’s been either too much or too little. By yesterday I was at the point I could hardly move due to the pain in both my right and left quads. I had reduced my use of oxycodone from two to one every 4 hours for a few days and that just did not work. So now I’m doing two every 6 hours with 2 Tylenol every six hours in between. That way I have a painkiller hitting me every 3 hours. And fingers crossed
, it seems to be working. My plan is nothing overnight because I’m sleeping anyway. I had been setting an alarm to take meds during the night but I was in much pain in the morning anyway and I can’t tell a difference. This plan had better work because I have a limited number of the oxycodone left and it’ll be a bear to get more. I do have Tramadol as a last resort.
I’m still using a walker and would love to get to the cane but I’m trying to be patient.
As a side note I’m back to taking the magnesium each day and the hair left in the drain after shampooing is gone again.