Thanks for the kind anniversary wishes, Layla. I was on a road trip, two hours each way, to see my parents and return my walker to them. Fortunately, despite being 89-years-old, they don’t need the walker either, so hide that thing away for the foreseeable future!
This first lengthy car trip left me pretty stiff, but I faked my way around that to avoid having my parents feel bad about me making the trip to see them. I think by now they should have earned retirement from worrying about me (is it bad to admit that I’ve already semi-retired from worrying about my own children?
)but it was nice to see my mom and dad’s lovely smiling faces for the first time in a couple. months.
I am mostly done with walking supports; I will pick up my crutch if really tired or if negotiating my way to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
The biggest change at one-month is coming off all meds. Surgeon had me on daily Celebrex, Vitron C, 650mg aspirin and Protonix to protect stomach for the full month. I’m feeling a little more achy in the absence of these pharmaceutical props, but, who knows, those aches could be more psychosomatic than due to withdrawal of drugs.
Ok, who else out there continued to wear their compression stockings after one month??!!! With the lack of love these stockings generally get on Bonesmart, I need to know that there are others who grew to love these lowly circulation aids, and were sad to see their prescription come to an end!
At one month, my biggest problem is avoiding overdoing it. I have been on a repeating cycle of “feel-good,walk-too-much, ache-a-bit, ice-a-while, feel-good, stationary-cycle-too-much, ache....etc”. This is despite the many warnings from ODIC members here, so I KNOW better but have fully joined the Club anyway.
Keep your recovery advice and stories coming, everyone. They’ve been invaluable in my own recovery. Thank you!