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Bone-obo said:
This is so crazy - I had almost exactly the same relapse at 3.5 weeks. Allow me to quote from my diary, pulled from about 3 weeks and 6 days after surgery: "what?! Seriously, this is longer than I’d figured - it’s been three days and I’m still sore, I still can’t walk without the cane, and I still have to take Tylenol from 5:30 on to get thru the night!?! What the [copulation synonym] did I do to my leg!?!"

While I managed to avoid the same degree of pain you're enduring (and I'm crazy seriously glad you're looking for more puissant meds!!), it was an astonishing demoralizing relapse, completely out of proportion to the sins I'd committed against my recovery. It took more than a week to get out of ODIC jail, and I was miserable, angry, and drained. Just a big ol' man-baby.

Is this a natural part of the process or ODIC? Dunno - too few data points. But in the mean time, hang tight, don't lose hope that this too shall pass, and do everything you can to alleviate the pain! Pain sucks! And you ain't got time for that [excrement synonym]!
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Yup...that is crazy. Husband leaves on Wed for a week so I am super hoping this event has passed...maybe there will be a four-week bump (yes, I love the chart, admins...thanks!). Fingers crossed!
 
@Going4fun thanks...I am trying to get over the Idea that many of you are using canes or nothing at this point...and that walker is my safest option...crutches are still not enough.

Baby steps, literally.
 
@Eman85 thanks. But sitting on a chair is not my forte. Any longer than 40 min and it sets me into more pain.

So lying down is better.

@Bone-obo ...so what did weeks 4, 5 and 6 look like for you?
 
@lovesstars It's weird about the oxycodone; I have also noticed that it kicked in later than I expected. Remember, it HAS NOT BEEN LONG AT ALL since your operation. It'll all be worth it.

Thanks so much for thinking of me today!

Last night we went out for Chinese food. I had more fried stuff than usual and about 2/3 of a Mai Tai, and after falling into bed hugely yawning, I must have woken up every half hour. Thirsty, achy, anxious, obsessing about work, eyes itchy, realized that I had not taken my second Hibiclens shower and went downstairs to get the surgical soap, foam wedge fell off the bed, phone fell off the bedside table. What a relief to be up and drinking coffee.

My bf is working 6-6 tomorrow at the hospital and our handyman/friend/cat-sitter is picking me up at 9 to take me to the other hospital. I have half a dozen baskets full of tees, pants, PJs, toiletries etc., and my plan is to dump out and rearrange then all, digging up various items I will need this coming week like sock puller-oners; prepare my backpack. Get out the walker and crutches. Gee. I should probably leave my walker at home and just use theirs and have our friend bring one when he picks me up.

Arghh.
 
@EL11 This is all I feel like doing...rearranging sweatpants and tees with my grabber and without. It gives me a sense of control where I have none.
Chinese food! How normal!!! A normal Saturday night!!! Awesome!!

(Things falling everywhere, waking lots, HIBICLENS showers...not real life...just this adventure of ours)

I know you are all saying that almost four weeks is not long at all...but it feeeeeeeeeeels long.
:what::chinstroke::shrug::beg:
 
lovesstars said:
so what did weeks 4, 5 and 6 look like for you?
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By Suck Factor (1-10)
Week 4: SF 6 - still recovering from relapse - impatient
Week 5: SF 3 - moving around again - starting to get in some short walks in the mall
Week 6: SF 1 - longer walks of 1-2 miles, including some outdoor rambles

The SF continued up and down for the first 2 months, but the frequency and amplitude dropped over time and eventually went to background noise.

I can't get you pralines, but can I send you some NC pork barbecue?
 
lovesstars said:
@EL11 This is all I feel like doing...rearranging sweatpants and tees with my grabber and without. It gives me a sense of control where I have none.
Chinese food! How normal!!! A normal Saturday night!!! Awesome!!

(Things falling everywhere, waking lots, HIBICLENS showers...not real life...just this adventure of ours)

I know you are all saying that almost four weeks is not long at all...but it feeeeeeeeeeels long.
:what::chinstroke::shrug::beg:
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HIBICLENS shower - how long after surgery do you continue this ?? New to me :-)
 
lovesstars said:
@Going4fun thanks...I am trying to get over the Idea that many of you are using canes or nothing at this point...and that walker is my safest option...crutches are still not enough.

Baby steps, literally.
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@lovesstars , I used the walker/zimmer around home for at least a month. When I found myself carrying it, suspended, from room to room when I was trying to be quiet in the wee hours, I finally acknowledged to myself I could give it up! I decided on what some may call an overly cautious approach, but it has worked so far. Lots of rest. Heal up. Use the walker until you unconsciously walk away from it. Baby steps are the way to go. "it's all good" as someone said upstream.
 
Bone-obo said:
By Suck Factor (1-10)
Week 4: SF 6 - still recovering from relapse - impatient
Week 5: SF 3 - moving around again - starting to get in some short walks in the mall
Week 6: SF 1 - longer walks of 1-2 miles, including some outdoor rambles

The SF continued up and down for the first 2 months, but the frequency and amplitude dropped over time and eventually went to background noise.

I can't get you pralines, but can I send you some NC pork barbecue?
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Omg I think I am not even at your level. Unassisted walks of 1-2 miles????? :yikes::shocked::yikes:
 
lovesstars said:
Omg I think I am not even at your level. Unassisted walks of 1-2 miles????? :yikes::shocked::yikes:
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Be cautious--dare I say Overly Cautious?-- about assessing long walks done by members of the ODIC! The laurels of such triumphs can sit heavily on the heads of the aforementioned club members. :) We all heal at our own pace. There's a great newly-minted THR motto out there. Will look for it.
 
SurreyGirl said:
@lovesstars stars. Hope you are feeling much better now! Did you work out eventually what caused it?
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No idea, maybe the crutches. I think my two months of non-weight bearing before surgery didn’t help my situation. All the small muscles which help me to walk are just not where they need to be. When I am using the crutches I am still putting weight on the new leg and it is forcing all sorts of function that maybe I am maybe not quite strong enough for...yet. My hypothesis, at least.
 
An54 said:
Be cautious--dare I say Overly Cautious?-- about assessing long walks done by members of the ODIC! The laurels of such triumphs can sit heavily on the heads of the aforementioned club members. :) We all heal at our own pace. There's a great newly-minted THR motto out there. Will look for it.
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So my pace is...like pouring ketchup.
 
I was never a sit in the chair person or a watch TV person. You can see by my frequency on this site I sit down a lot more than before. One of the jokes around here is break time. My daughter came to visit and she was laughing about how often break time came around now. In the past I could out work a mule and never stop even when everyone else had quit. Quitting time for me on outdoor work was when it was too dark, then I'd go in the shop. Now my life is quite different with a lot more break time.
If you want a real kick wait until about 3 mos in and overdo it!, no one day in the chair with ice fixes that trust me.
 
Eman85 said:
I was never a sit in the chair person or a watch TV person. You can see by my frequency on this site I sit down a lot more than before. One of the jokes around here is break time. My daughter came to visit and she was laughing about how often break time came around now. In the past I could out work a mule and never stop even when everyone else had quit. Quitting time for me on outdoor work was when it was too dark, then I'd go in the shop. Now my life is quite different with a lot more break time.
If you want a real kick wait until about 3 mos in and overdo it!, no one day in the chair with ice fixes that trust me.
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Yikes!!!! Message delivered loud and clear! :yikes::yikes::yikes::yikes::yikes:
 
lovesstars said:
Omg I think I am not even at your level. Unassisted walks of 1-2 miles????? :yikes::shocked::yikes:
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BUT! Please to note that 2 weeks made a world of difference in how I was doing. Things happen fast in THR Recoveryland! Plus I was fully weight-bearing from day 1 - @An54 is totes correct about the trap of comparing yourself to someone else.

An54 said:
Be cautious--dare I say Overly Cautious?-- about assessing long walks done by members of the ODIC! The laurels of such triumphs can sit heavily on the heads of the aforementioned club members.
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I resemble that remark. Indeed, when I reached my 6th hipaversary, I felt that it needed an outlandish gesture, so I walked 4 miles, including hills, which I charged merrily up. Next day I was back in the ODIC with tendonitis in my non-op leg, the remnants of which I'm still dealing with today. Wheeeeeee!

lovesstars said:
So my pace is...like pouring ketchup.
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Love it! I referred to it as my slow loris speed.
 
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