Hi all the surgeon also responded that the pink area could be allergy and i could get dressing changed. But since its no worse, just barely pink, not itching etc…I decided to wait a bit and see. Stitches are out next Friday and I would hate to disturb the area at all.
otherwise…all good. hours ticking by.…resting…just going to loo.
i did a tour of the apartment last night using my walker. High of excitement! all bits working well on left leg.
i am elevating leg at night. Still struggling to sleep on my back. I now and again rebel and stick a pillow between my legs and turn to non op side for a bit.
sometimes sitting up in bed, i feel the hardness of the new bits. i am not sure if others also find its nature is like a steel rod! Its not anyway but feels like it. Funny how our bones are hard but soft! The new hip is foreign and weirdly hard and feels unyielding. Our own bones feel more accommodating. i am not too sure to what extent I can push it. I am aware its limited In function. I used to be able to touch my toes before op on right side …even with my dying hip i could almost manage it on left side…..those days are now gone! Its not as absent mindedly dependable as our own would be. I do feel that. maybe because my joints are elsewhere flexible or double jointed, i now feel a limit difference?
i am holding my breath really! Just waiting for time to pass….. to next week….to the next stage of adding a few more steps to my day. I will probably wonder up to the building roof and do circles there to get some sunshine. I am incredibly lucky the building has a lift and the roof is tiled with a superb sea view to make it worth visiting! So I will do the laps of my new expanding world practice up there.