Okay here we go. Last time I didn’t post until a couple weeks in and I want to use this thread as an equal parts journal and overall discussion.
This morning I had my right hip replaced using the mini-posterior approach with same doctor as last time. It’s about 9 hours later and overall doing well. Obviously painful but I’m managing with some meds. Have walked around a few times in my room and I’m remembering the awkward pace. Surgical center is great and I’m staying the night. I could have gone home but each time I get an allergic reaction to something in the anesthesia— just hives and itching— but they like to keep me overnight to just monitor.
Funny, yesterday I had the typical second thoughts that maybe I’m rushing into this as I’m on the young side and could sort of fake my way thru this for a while longer. Then sometime in my sleep I jolted my hip and spent the next hour wincing in pain. Haha my body knew what my mind didn’t.
So tonight I probably won’t sleep much but that’s ok. Will be nice to give my wife a break and then go home around lunch. I’m fully bionic now!
This morning I had my right hip replaced using the mini-posterior approach with same doctor as last time. It’s about 9 hours later and overall doing well. Obviously painful but I’m managing with some meds. Have walked around a few times in my room and I’m remembering the awkward pace. Surgical center is great and I’m staying the night. I could have gone home but each time I get an allergic reaction to something in the anesthesia— just hives and itching— but they like to keep me overnight to just monitor.
Funny, yesterday I had the typical second thoughts that maybe I’m rushing into this as I’m on the young side and could sort of fake my way thru this for a while longer. Then sometime in my sleep I jolted my hip and spent the next hour wincing in pain. Haha my body knew what my mind didn’t.
So tonight I probably won’t sleep much but that’s ok. Will be nice to give my wife a break and then go home around lunch. I’m fully bionic now!