lissa
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First of all, what is LOL? Eeryone "in the know" uses it...what's it mean?
A little mood music, plese, Stan. so, I'm in the hospital day three or four and the nurse comes in to start these blookd thinning shots...I get to give ro myself..oh joy! He shows me how to swad tummy roll, bunch it up and then stick needle in and out. Now, it's my turn, I do all the prep, stick needle in, pull it out, looking for the treat..the nurse is looking puzzled..mouth hanging a little ajar..he says" You didn't push in the plunger.." I replied, no one told me to do that...so I got an extra lesson!
More serious note. I was on the hunt for a surgeon who would do both knees at oncwe for a year and a half if you remember. I had timew to hire a PT to come to the house to teach me all the quad, isometric exercises..and swim. Neither knee would do the rotation from a stationary bike, but i could sorta do some "running in the water". So I had over a year to get the leg muscles tight, and buttocks tight. What you find out, in thsi process, is that the exercises actually strengthen the entire leg, so less pressure is being put on your knees when you walk..actually was walking better a month before surgery than the time before. Exercises, I did all isometric exercises on the floor with an ankle weight and a cold pack on the knee. Only way I could do them and get thru the acheing (sp) throbbs. Did two complete sets of everything every day, swam on alternate days. In the evenings, the aching and burning woudl get pretty nasty...so I took a vicodin. I am 5'8 and weighed 160 last June when all this knee stuff started. I went into surgery weighing 147. Do I think all is is absolutely essential to have the outcome I have? YES! D I like being up to 8 or 9 now after a day..and fighting to get pasin back down to a 4 or 5..you betcha! But, I know, always knew, I would be better...and I believe it every time I hit the pain and push through it!
That's it for now. 11 days out...and yeah, I have a really good cry once a day...PT says its the vicodin...I think it's just the struggle...but this time it's not futile! Lissa
A little mood music, plese, Stan. so, I'm in the hospital day three or four and the nurse comes in to start these blookd thinning shots...I get to give ro myself..oh joy! He shows me how to swad tummy roll, bunch it up and then stick needle in and out. Now, it's my turn, I do all the prep, stick needle in, pull it out, looking for the treat..the nurse is looking puzzled..mouth hanging a little ajar..he says" You didn't push in the plunger.." I replied, no one told me to do that...so I got an extra lesson!
More serious note. I was on the hunt for a surgeon who would do both knees at oncwe for a year and a half if you remember. I had timew to hire a PT to come to the house to teach me all the quad, isometric exercises..and swim. Neither knee would do the rotation from a stationary bike, but i could sorta do some "running in the water". So I had over a year to get the leg muscles tight, and buttocks tight. What you find out, in thsi process, is that the exercises actually strengthen the entire leg, so less pressure is being put on your knees when you walk..actually was walking better a month before surgery than the time before. Exercises, I did all isometric exercises on the floor with an ankle weight and a cold pack on the knee. Only way I could do them and get thru the acheing (sp) throbbs. Did two complete sets of everything every day, swam on alternate days. In the evenings, the aching and burning woudl get pretty nasty...so I took a vicodin. I am 5'8 and weighed 160 last June when all this knee stuff started. I went into surgery weighing 147. Do I think all is is absolutely essential to have the outcome I have? YES! D I like being up to 8 or 9 now after a day..and fighting to get pasin back down to a 4 or 5..you betcha! But, I know, always knew, I would be better...and I believe it every time I hit the pain and push through it!
That's it for now. 11 days out...and yeah, I have a really good cry once a day...PT says its the vicodin...I think it's just the struggle...but this time it's not futile! Lissa