Well, had the joint class - it went well; I could ask lots of questions; and I felt comfortable. They told me I would only be doing I think heel slides the first several days. Lots more to do and remember, all on a schedule. Stomach has gotten queasy, but I tell myself it's ok. Then I got home and was confronted with "I can't keep taking off work to take you to PT and appointments". Yeah, well I'll remember that the next time you are dying and demanding that I drop everything and take you to the doctor, yelling how it's my fault you need a doctor the whole time because you ignored the symptoms and pain. And then I'll play dumb and pretend I don't remember it ever happening. Yep, just like old times. Anyway, now I feel like cancelling and just continuing living with the pain. I had told the doctors all along I would not have the support I would need for this.
Anyway, also spoke with anesthesiologist - he said he wasn't trying to discourage me, but I had to understand there was going to be a lot of pain doing it this way, and I was going to have to walk on it. He said they would do what they could to manage the pain, but it will not be like what others have described. I will have general, and he knows about the problem I had with general in the past; a patch to help with nausea; a femur block, but not the kind that makes your leg like a useless piece of firewood; pills for various things before they knock me out; and prescriptions for afterward. The doctor also likes to use xarelto, which is a little expensive on my insurance plan, so they said he might just give me aspirin. YAY! My favorite candy! Not really favoring a Friday AND a holiday surgery, but that's when they do it at the surgery center. They will call me once a day to check up on me, and someone will be around all the time because it is a holiday weekend. Course, my mind is still telling me NOTHING can be as painful as the excruciating pain that wakes me up at 4AM and the cramping around my knees that comes at the same time and has me screaming/crying in pain because it won't go away and I can't move. Mind knows better, but I guess it's still somewhat in denial.
Got a setback, hopefully minor, yesterday in that they now want me to see a cardiologist due to EKG last month not being "quite normal", whatever that means. Tried to get former doctor to fax over previous 2 so they could be compared and golly, gee whiz, guess what? Former doctor has NO record of it, not even that he ordered one! I know there were 2 done. And I went to that doctor for 8 years. And they claim they don't know who did it and therefore, I never had it done.
Next appointment is with PCP next Wed.
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