I've just read
@CatLady1 six week check up account and started to respond with how similar mine was but decided to come to my own thread so I will have an account to look back on in a few weeks when I'm doing it all again.
I saw my OS on Thursday morning for my 6 week "okay to begin river dance lessons".
We also have a bit of a drive (35 miles) and my appointment was scheduled for 7:30 AM. What doctor opens his office at that hour? Mine! We left our house at 6:15 to be certain we wouldn't be late with all the going to work traffic -- not to be -- there was freezing fog on Thursday morning and our travel took us along I40 going West and traffic was at a stand still for part of the way due to driving along the lake and dense fog. I'm thankful that we are retired and don't have to do that every day. We have a commuter train that runs into Nashville, but then I would have to get on a bus and go to my doctor's office. That isn't happening.
I had my follow-up Xray. Nice big screw going right into the hip. My OS says he always puts one screw in for security. I told him I felt that one leg was now longer than the other and he said it is -- by about a centimeter. He will even them when he does the left hip. He said the bone was so worn down that he had to build it up a little to install the new joint. Yay! I'm going to be taller.
I have a Stryker ceramic hip joint with a pink ball. I'm not sure what all that means, but I hope it won't shatter if I fall. I told him about my knee swelling off and on for the past 6 weeks and about the burning sensation at the top and side of my knee and he just shrugged and said, huh, don't know what that's all about.
It isn't as bad as it was at about 4 weeks and I'm still icing some and I massage the area frequently to circulate blood and relax the ligaments. Time. It needs time and tenderness I suppose.
OS asked me how the left hip is feeling now that I'm becoming active again and I told him I'm started to feel the bone on bone pain and the sharp pains sometimes. I don't want to walk much because I don't enjoy that grinding hip pain and I don't want to use the new right hip for support. He said, well, let's get that left one fixed now. So ..... I'm scheduled for
LTHR on APRIL 11th. I wanted to get it done in 3-4 weeks but Medicare has a 90 day rule that I wasn't aware of. So we went 90 days out from RTHR date and added a week for miscalculations or Fijian time and we came up with April 11. I will be ready. I'm anxious to get over it. No more thinking about it and, hopefully, the weather will be spring like and not so hot that the TEDs will drive me mad. I only wore those TEDs for 4 weeks. I told the nurse about that at the check-up and she said, "did you call and ask me about that? and I said, "No, I decided I didn't need to wear them as I was up and moving a lot during the day". They didn't cut off my finger or anything, so I plan to do that again next time. Maybe even sooner. Oh, I'm going to be such a smartie for No. 2. No fear!
I'm still easily tired. After my check-up, I had to go 30 miles to my son's house and wait for a refrigerator delivery from Lowes. My son and his wife both work and no one was available to wait on the delivery. I knew I would be free all afternoon so I said I could do it. By the time I did all of that and got back home late in the afternoon, I was so worn out that I felt chilled and I ached all over. No pain, just sick, fluish feeling. TIRED!
I'm just not up to going and going and going . . . . Now, I have to start all over again in a few weeks with the left side.
I'm worried about packing on extra pounds with all this sitting and boredom and the 50% off Valentine's candy.
OS gave me a prescription for amoxicillin/500mg. I'm to take 4 of them prior to a dental appointment or colonoscopy to avoid infection. I have a routine teeth cleaning next week so I'll be popping the antibiotics for that.
@CatLady1 I want to know exactly what they are having you do with the exercise bike. My OS didn't say anything about any exercise suggestions. I have a stationary bike and I love to pedal. What is your time frame? Do you start with 2 min 2x a day and then add a minute every day until you reach 15 minutes 2x a day by the end of February? I did 10 min on a stationary bike at the PT once a week for a warm up.
Does anyone know if I should go back into Pre-op and sign up for my April 11 LTHR or just continue in Recovery threads through No. 2 surgery. Ready to Roll!
--julie
United States
Especially when you're close to the end of the time ? and you live with the venowave nazi who is telling you that your six weeks isn't up yet, you still need to wear them at night; and then there is the driving nazi who is telling you that your six weeks isn't up yet, you're not supposed to getting in the driver's seat; lets see, what else have I been told?? ..... 
