Nickelpede
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Hi everyone,
My surgery went very well.
I had the surgery at West Marion Community Hospital in Ocala Florida.
The staff of Nurses, Technicians, Food service, Physical and Occupational Theraphy were all wonderful.
I arrived at 7 am for a 9 am surgery.
Everyone was great and made me feel very comfortable.
As I was rolled into the operating room I remember being beside a table that had ski boot like devices on the operating table. I joked "I'm here for hip replacement not ski lessons. I felt the boots being clamped onto my feet and that was it.
The next thing I remember was coming awake in recovery.
They kept me in recovery until the spinal wore off and I could move my legs and feet.
The Orthopedic Surgeon came by and told me everything went well, he said I have big bones and made him work pretty hard.
A Physical therapist came by around 1:30 pm he had me up and walking.
I was asked to be in a study testing 2 types of spinal anthestia.
It's randomized. They are interested in seeing there effects on urinating after surgery.
So they were paying extra attention to how soon I could pee and how much I pee'd.
They said I would get a urinary catherization if I did not pee by 3 pm. A bit after 3 pm I started trying to pee and had to push pretty hard to get 500 ml out.
A couple hours later I pushed out anther 500 ml. And later I pushed out 450 ml.
Late that night I pee'd 900 ml. A technician came by to take my blood pressure and emptied the urinal. She didn't tell the nurse so the nurse thought I was behind on going pee.
The Nurse came in at 5 am and did an ultra sound on my bladder. It had 400 ml and she told me I would probably get a Cath. I tried going and it was real easy now and got 450 ml.
The same Technician came by to take my BP While I was telling the Nurse that i pee'd. The Tech confirmed the 450 ml and told her about the 900 ml earlier in the morning. This meant no need to Catheter me. I really did not want a pipe shoved down my weenis.
The Surgeon came in during the 5am visit by the Nurse.
Again he told me the surgery went well. I showed him that I purchased and was reading "Younger next Year" a book he recommended. He is normally pretty reserved but opened up and we talked about the book. He went on to tell me not to push recovery too fast. He told me that he messed up after his hip replacement by going out to dinner the day after his surgery and had a very painful next day. He said that I will feel pain and swelling in my thigh and it will move down my leg into my ankle. So don't be alarmed.
My Surgeon performed the replacement through a single 6" inch incision on the side of my hip. They incision was closed with skin glue an strips of tape. No staples.
I got a number of sessions of IV anti biotics and pain Med's throughout the night.
Around 6 am I told my Nurse the pain was up to a 7. She gave me a couple of Oxycondones 2- 5mg tablets. They worked quickly.
Around 7 am the new Nurse gave me a bigger bag of ice and it worked better.
At 9 am I got one last IV of anti biotics and anti inflammatory medicine then I was off the bag of saline and was untethered.
The Occupational Therapist came by around 9:30 and trained me on using the walker the best way.
He brought along a thing to help me put on socks and a nice grab tool to help reach things.
The Physical therapist came by around 11 am and took me for a much longer second walk.
The Food Services people showed up in fancy wait staff outfits with white shirts, black suspenders and bow ties and had a wonderful lunch for me and my wife. We ordered it the day before, I got chicken cordon blu and she got beef tender loin. We shared the meats. Very nice meal for a Hospital.
Around 2 pm the Phsyical therapist came by and took me for another walk and I was shown how to walk up and down stairs.
Then I was released.
I'm home now and doing really well.
I'll post again later.
My surgery went very well.
I had the surgery at West Marion Community Hospital in Ocala Florida.
The staff of Nurses, Technicians, Food service, Physical and Occupational Theraphy were all wonderful.
I arrived at 7 am for a 9 am surgery.
Everyone was great and made me feel very comfortable.
As I was rolled into the operating room I remember being beside a table that had ski boot like devices on the operating table. I joked "I'm here for hip replacement not ski lessons. I felt the boots being clamped onto my feet and that was it.
The next thing I remember was coming awake in recovery.
They kept me in recovery until the spinal wore off and I could move my legs and feet.
The Orthopedic Surgeon came by and told me everything went well, he said I have big bones and made him work pretty hard.
A Physical therapist came by around 1:30 pm he had me up and walking.
I was asked to be in a study testing 2 types of spinal anthestia.
It's randomized. They are interested in seeing there effects on urinating after surgery.
So they were paying extra attention to how soon I could pee and how much I pee'd.
They said I would get a urinary catherization if I did not pee by 3 pm. A bit after 3 pm I started trying to pee and had to push pretty hard to get 500 ml out.
A couple hours later I pushed out anther 500 ml. And later I pushed out 450 ml.
Late that night I pee'd 900 ml. A technician came by to take my blood pressure and emptied the urinal. She didn't tell the nurse so the nurse thought I was behind on going pee.
The Nurse came in at 5 am and did an ultra sound on my bladder. It had 400 ml and she told me I would probably get a Cath. I tried going and it was real easy now and got 450 ml.
The same Technician came by to take my BP While I was telling the Nurse that i pee'd. The Tech confirmed the 450 ml and told her about the 900 ml earlier in the morning. This meant no need to Catheter me. I really did not want a pipe shoved down my weenis.
The Surgeon came in during the 5am visit by the Nurse.
Again he told me the surgery went well. I showed him that I purchased and was reading "Younger next Year" a book he recommended. He is normally pretty reserved but opened up and we talked about the book. He went on to tell me not to push recovery too fast. He told me that he messed up after his hip replacement by going out to dinner the day after his surgery and had a very painful next day. He said that I will feel pain and swelling in my thigh and it will move down my leg into my ankle. So don't be alarmed.
My Surgeon performed the replacement through a single 6" inch incision on the side of my hip. They incision was closed with skin glue an strips of tape. No staples.
I got a number of sessions of IV anti biotics and pain Med's throughout the night.
Around 6 am I told my Nurse the pain was up to a 7. She gave me a couple of Oxycondones 2- 5mg tablets. They worked quickly.
Around 7 am the new Nurse gave me a bigger bag of ice and it worked better.
At 9 am I got one last IV of anti biotics and anti inflammatory medicine then I was off the bag of saline and was untethered.
The Occupational Therapist came by around 9:30 and trained me on using the walker the best way.
He brought along a thing to help me put on socks and a nice grab tool to help reach things.
The Physical therapist came by around 11 am and took me for a much longer second walk.
The Food Services people showed up in fancy wait staff outfits with white shirts, black suspenders and bow ties and had a wonderful lunch for me and my wife. We ordered it the day before, I got chicken cordon blu and she got beef tender loin. We shared the meats. Very nice meal for a Hospital.
Around 2 pm the Phsyical therapist came by and took me for another walk and I was shown how to walk up and down stairs.
Then I was released.
I'm home now and doing really well.
I'll post again later.