Nothing much has changed except maybe the pain has gone down just a tad-instead of a solid 10 it may be a solid 9 mostly. But it does hit me with a 10 still with certain movements, which I try to avoid as much as possible. Still having wakeful nights due to pain every time I move. I just removed the empty ON-Q, so I'm hoping no more pain ensues. I am a bit worried as my lower leg was throbbing last night; it wasn't too bad, but considering the pain ball was still in it has me a bit worried.
The ice machine hasn't been effective because I can't really position it well on my upper thigh due to the ON-Q site and having to keep the ice away from it. Now that it's out I'm going to wait a bit, then I'll put the ice wrap back on and see if it helps to be able to place it as I need to now. I can't use my LD at all as the rise of it hurts too much due to the location of the surgery and the angle of the LD. It constantly pulls at it, and I can't take that pain.
This has not been a good recovery so far; I'm at two weeks tomorrow and still can't move around without gritting my teeth and yelping constantly. As a result, I'm not doing any more walking than necessary. I did force myself into the kitchen today to make a quick sandwich, and paid for it dearly. But, I'm so tired of sitting around all the time that I did it even knowing the pain walking back to my bed and getting in would be a killer, as it was. The bed is high so I have to sit on the edge, then push myself up on it with my left leg using a stool we put next to it, while holding my right leg with the leg lifter and trying to get it onto the bed as smoothly as possible. The movement to the right is horrible, so I can't help but groan or yelp every single time. I'm sick of the whole thing and keep hoping the pain will miraculously abate.
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You must be exhausted, Kim. Pain is draining. 
it doesn't hurt.
all!
going up for you!
Or a tad better?
