@tiredwife @Minnie's knees @marmora @Yorkimom @ljrfrm
First, I wanted to tell you all that that stitch poked out finally last night. the one that was the cause of the little opening in my incision. I took a tweezer and gave it a tiny tug and out it came. It was about 1/8" long.
The last time my hair was long was 40 years ago. Several times over the years I've thought I would grow it out but it gets to barely past my shoulders and I absolutely can't stand it. My hair is very, very fine and thinning more and more as I get older and that just doesn't work very well with long hair so I try to keep it shorter like in my avatar picture.
This morning I woke up feeling better than I have since surgery day and I wanted to run on here and shout it out to you all but I was afraid of jinxing myself. No matter though because by the time I showered and dressed it was all stiff and hurting again.
Anne, on your hip pain......I had a huge black bruise way higher than where the tourniquet could have been placed. It was on my outer hip thigh area and extended onto my butt. It would sure be nice if they could figure out a gentler way to do what they do to us.
Massages.....I've only ever had 2 in my life and can't say I particularly enjoyed it. I think I was too self conscious to really relax and enjoy it. The first one was on a cruise we were on and the 2nd was a gift from my son and his wife. The 2nd one the massage therapist wouldn't stop talking! Of course, me being the nice, polite person I am I didn't tell her to shut up, LOL!!
I talked to my aunt today. She is my mom's next younger sister. She'll be 81 here in a couple of weeks. She had her knee replaced on 9/23. I've been pretty concerned about her because my uncle has quite a few physical limitations along with dementia. They have 3 boys (none have ever married or had children which is a shame because my aunt would have been the best grandma ever!) and all live away. One near Chicago, one near Memphis and one in Hawaii. The one from Chicago came for the first week and the one from Memphis is there now for the next couple of days. She said she is getting along well and not having much pain now but she did have a tiny blood clot that had caused her a lot of calf pain but is better now. She said after Steve goes home she has arranged for senior services to bring them lunch every day and has a lady hired to come mid afternoon and help out until after dinner time. A visiting nurse comes a couple of times a week to check on her and help her bathe and she has a PT coming to the house too, for now. We compared swelling and bruising stories
She gets her staples out on Tuesday. I was really relieved to know she is doing well. She is my favorite aunt and is just so sweet. She was invaluable to my sister and I when mom and dad were declining. Anyway, just thought I'd share that with you all. Keep her in your thoughts. She is very special to me
On another note Kent has maintained control of the TV for the past 9 hours and I'm about bored out of my mind. I don't do football at all, ever! So, had to get through that. I hate when he shouts at the TV. Drives me crazy. Then he was playing some game on there and now I'm suffering through Simpson's reruns. Blah! Go to bed already! Hahahahha!!
Have a great night everybody and thanks for stopping by.
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