daisyduck0801
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Not sure if I'm posting correctly. If I am not, I apologize and assume a moderator will move my thread to the correct place.
Had left THR yesterday. And yowza! I knew in advance from reading about others' experiences that there would be pain and discomfort, but man oh man, I still wasn't really prepared I guess. The stinging, burning, stiffness, etc that I'm experiencing are making me almost nauseous at times. I'm guessing that the hospital PT department had me doing too much too soon, period.
I spoke in depth with my surgeon about this (while he was doing morning rounds after my surgery) and he said that as far as he is concerned, walking is the most important thing I can be doing now. If I am just not feeling (physically) up to PT, then don't do it. So with his blessing I'm calling the PT clinic where I was to start PT on Friday and cancelling. I've already got moderate health anxiety issues. I don't need to work myself up into a ball of nerves worrying about how painful PT will be.
Had left THR yesterday. And yowza! I knew in advance from reading about others' experiences that there would be pain and discomfort, but man oh man, I still wasn't really prepared I guess. The stinging, burning, stiffness, etc that I'm experiencing are making me almost nauseous at times. I'm guessing that the hospital PT department had me doing too much too soon, period.
I spoke in depth with my surgeon about this (while he was doing morning rounds after my surgery) and he said that as far as he is concerned, walking is the most important thing I can be doing now. If I am just not feeling (physically) up to PT, then don't do it. So with his blessing I'm calling the PT clinic where I was to start PT on Friday and cancelling. I've already got moderate health anxiety issues. I don't need to work myself up into a ball of nerves worrying about how painful PT will be.