Hippyhooray
new member
What a difference a day makes!
I am now 24 hours out from surgery resting at home since yesterday afternoon! It's way more peaceful here than it was at the surgical facility.
It had been quite an emotional rollercoaster the last week of my 12 week wait, during which time my condition declined – reassuring me I had to do this. In the early stages of OA I did not even have terrible pain and thought I had just pulled a muscle but it progressed from annoying to quickly debilitating in a year and a half. The severe OA had gotten so bad in the weeks leading up to surgery that I would get pain just from sneezing! Was only able to walk with assistance from cane.
The surgery center and surgeon were great but a nurse had trouble getting the IV in, my hand got stabbed a number of times and that really hurt. One member of the team had the worst bedside manner ever, minimizing, almost mocking my concerns. After surgery someone actually said to me "no pain no gain" (not the PT, who was great).
Because I have heard so many success stories on this board and from friends, I had an expectation of not having any pain at all once I was given painkillers and the arthritic hip was gone. This was not the case. There was post-surgical pain in the area when I use the walker, but today I'm starting to realize that the bone on bone pain is gone! Another thing I'm noticing is that there is a difference from having pain that's getting worse each day as opposed to the pain from recovery which will lessen each day.
Wishing much healing to all those on the mend.
I am now 24 hours out from surgery resting at home since yesterday afternoon! It's way more peaceful here than it was at the surgical facility.
It had been quite an emotional rollercoaster the last week of my 12 week wait, during which time my condition declined – reassuring me I had to do this. In the early stages of OA I did not even have terrible pain and thought I had just pulled a muscle but it progressed from annoying to quickly debilitating in a year and a half. The severe OA had gotten so bad in the weeks leading up to surgery that I would get pain just from sneezing! Was only able to walk with assistance from cane.
The surgery center and surgeon were great but a nurse had trouble getting the IV in, my hand got stabbed a number of times and that really hurt. One member of the team had the worst bedside manner ever, minimizing, almost mocking my concerns. After surgery someone actually said to me "no pain no gain" (not the PT, who was great).
Because I have heard so many success stories on this board and from friends, I had an expectation of not having any pain at all once I was given painkillers and the arthritic hip was gone. This was not the case. There was post-surgical pain in the area when I use the walker, but today I'm starting to realize that the bone on bone pain is gone! Another thing I'm noticing is that there is a difference from having pain that's getting worse each day as opposed to the pain from recovery which will lessen each day.
Wishing much healing to all those on the mend.