Sooooooo….. I’m now 6 weeks post op.
Week 6 was tough. After having had a week with my OH I was back to being home alone again…… still unable to drive and nervous of walking outside alone as the frosty paths make me nervous of slipping.
As I mentioned earlier in the week I had various appts Mon and Tues, then Weds and Thurs I seemed to have it in my head that I had to push my home exercises….. so I did, to the point where my sleep was rubbish, my leg ached, my knee was hard and stiff, so yesterday I literally did nothing other than watch TV, do a few little chores around the house and cook tea.
Then I decided I was finally going to have the longed for bubble bath.…. Something I’ve been craving for the past 6 weeks.
I like a shower but I do like to have a nice relaxing bubble bath at least once a week, especially in the Autumn/ Winter months .
So I waited till my OH was home from work, I ran the bath, with plenty of bubbles and in I got….. heaven… to lie back in the bath fully submerged was bliss. I was also able to gently bend my knee in the water, pretty much pain free.
Then came the time to get out…… now….. my bath is quite deep, which is normally something that I like, however, when you have a knee that won’t bend that well , it’s not easy to get yourself from sitting flat, to standing up, especially with no grab rails round the bath to hold onto. I foolishly pulled the plug and let the water drain from the bath while I towel dried my hair, then I attempted to get out….. no chance….. I had to call my OH to come and help me….. now had I left the water in the bath I could have gently rolled onto my good side, got onto my unoperated knee and hoisted myself up…. But no…. I was in an empty, slippery bath with a leg that wouldn’t bend…I’m sure you’ve got the picture by now…. It took about 20 mins to get me out of the bath….. the more my OH tried to help me out , the heavier my body seemed to become, I couldn’t lift myself up as I inexplicably seemed to lose all my strength in my arms….i couldn’t push myself up with my unoperated leg as my operated leg had now become a lead weight… I couldn’t roll onto my knee, the bath had seemed to get narrower, and the more I tried and failed, to get up, the more I alternated between panic and hysterical laughter!!!! Finally I managed to roll onto my good knee and with the help of my OH and a towel shoved against my leg to stop me slipping I managed to stand and then get out………… needless to say, I was so exhausted that I went to bed at 10.30 last night and woke at 6.30 this morning, so I finally got a decent nights sleep!!!
it’s now 8.50am and I’m about to get up.
My knee feels less stiff snd achy this morning, so I think resting yesterday really helped so this weekend I plan to do nothing more than my daily activities , and as my OH has a rare full weekend off work we’ll put up the Christmas tree.
The moral of this tale is that if you plan on having a bath, make sure you have a good plan on how to get out, and don’t have one if you’re alone in the house, just in case you can’t get out, lol!!! I will be sticking to my showers for a little while longer I think…..
Happy healing weekend to you all…. X
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