3.5 weeks Update. Doing quite well. Able to walk around the house without cane most of the time. I do have to concentrate on making sure I walk properly and do not waddle as I did pre op. Working on this, plus my husband is watching me like a hawk and reminding me when I do not do this. I have been doing laundry and the other day felt so good I made breakfast and dinner (soup) and it felt great to be somewhat normal.
I am not having any great pain, I do get tightness around the joint and aching. I am still taking Tylenol Arthritis but am cutting down to 650mg 3x/day from 1300mg 3x/day. It seems to be working. Hoping soon I can go to maybe 2x/day but will see how I feel. No sense feeling achey and not able to do things this early in the recovery. Getting tired of the restrictions but being careful and following them. My one huge fear is dislocation so will behave. I have almost no bruising from the surgery and have not had any except for two small spots and very little swelling which is now gone. I do have the itchiness on the incision as it still has scabs.
Wed is my 4wk check with the PA at the OS office. This will be my big outing and if I feel perky enough we will go out to lunch. I have been antsy to go somewhere but living in the country it limits choices and the weather has not been conducive to just going for a ride. This is probably good since it kept me from overdoing.
I have two more home PT visits so she will come next Thur and then the following week. She said she could get more visits approved if necessary but feels I am doing well so probably not. This is fine with me as much as I really like her and we even used to work at the same hospital years ago but in different departments, I want to feel more normal and not have home visits and I can do the exercises on my own. I actually did stairs the normal way the other day - these stairs are in our garage to get in the house and I had them put in years ago with a very small 6" rise as my knees were bad at that point. These are the stairs I did - holding on to both handrails just in case but I did them. It was a real high. Cannot do this with our inside stairs yet as they are taller about 7.25 or 7.5 rise. I am hoping this will come by 3m if not sooner. We had our house redone and the stairs are new and I wanted to have only 6" risers put in for our old age but was told it was against code (silly rules at times). I do some of the exercises she has shown me most days but not every day. If I am up and around a lot, I skip them. If achey, I still ice and elevate and it helps a lot.
My sleep has improved greatly which is a blessing and a great help in feeling better.
As in my previous surgeries/recoveries, bonesmart has been a wonderful site full of information and support and diminishing the feeling of being alone on this journey. Thank you all.