Hey Aileen!
@leenie60 I'm catching up finally (I have the exact same nap attack as you do-- close the eyes and it's two hours later!) and managing to find some other people who've gone before me.
I did wonder if the bladder thing had to do with the spinal if you had one? Many years ago I had two lady surgeries, and after both of them I had the sensation that my bladder held twice as much before telling me about it. I LOVED that, as I've always been on the Frequent Pee-er list, but both times it went away. Boo hoo.....
I have really dry skin, prone to eczema in cold weather, and after my first hip the skin on both legs became flaky and scaly, falling off in drifts of dandruff ICK. This time I had to wash with the special soap three times (not just one), and I'm afraid I'm going to have scaly skin in spades this time around.
Do exactly what you are comfortable with the safety of, re that walker. My first hip I ditched the walker about day 7, and the cane 5 minutes after that because it put me uncomfortably off balance. This time, I can hardly use the walker, as we live in a non-ranch house. So to use it, I'm constantly hauling it around corners, through tight spaces, up and down stairs, keeping it out of hubby's and son's ways,,,,,,fagedaboudit. We'll just go with the cane. Cane works better when worked with the right hand and arm-- evidently they are enough stronger to help! In the other house, I only used the cane for self defense. Here it's still early days, and it does help with a little extra support when the hip is tired. I have noplace to cut loose and walk straight for more than 5 steps in a row, unless I go out on the deck in the 95 degreeF weather. Naahhh, I'll give that a pass today.
Ha! I just fell asleep and dreamed I was in a movie palace, and had to fling the film canister from the floor up to the projection booth. As I woke, my right arm was doing the side-arm throwing motion I'd use to do that!
Ireland
