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TennisNut I liked your description of my "old" walk-- very accurate! Wide-legged stance, particularly on getting out of the car...so I was aware of that, and am trying to always remember to walk straight forward. but you know/ Whne i get tired, back I go to stiff leg and wide walk. So I pull my thoughts together and find I can walk right even when tired! (So far)
I was told that I was to have GA, the OS preferred that. But I woke up with a numb leg and I think i remember somebody saying something about a block. Numbness wore off very quickly, more's the pity.
Thank you for your careful description of your pains I don't have a Tens machine-- are they expensive? i tape my S-I joint with KT Tape, and it's wonderful, but I'm allergic to the adhesive i guess, b/c after it's on for a couple of days I get eczema around the edges, and then can't tape for a couple of weeks till it clears up. Kinda defeats the purpose. I think I need a tens machine! And bruises, don't get me started (oops, too late). I have bruising all round the thigh, back, front, upper, lower, purple and red mostly but one swathe is green already. Also a quiet spot of spider veins on my shin is all bruise=y looking now and touchy. maybe actually I ran into something LOL.
You sleep on both sides! I don't dare lean on my op side-- there's a goose egg big as a dinosaur egg, and still swelling a little around it. Minor but sore. maybe I will just have to go for it tonight...
I saw OS PA this morning-- will post on my thread. Good visit-- he spent all the time i needed!
Have you heard from SeaSiren ??
I was told that I was to have GA, the OS preferred that. But I woke up with a numb leg and I think i remember somebody saying something about a block. Numbness wore off very quickly, more's the pity.
Thank you for your careful description of your pains I don't have a Tens machine-- are they expensive? i tape my S-I joint with KT Tape, and it's wonderful, but I'm allergic to the adhesive i guess, b/c after it's on for a couple of days I get eczema around the edges, and then can't tape for a couple of weeks till it clears up. Kinda defeats the purpose. I think I need a tens machine! And bruises, don't get me started (oops, too late). I have bruising all round the thigh, back, front, upper, lower, purple and red mostly but one swathe is green already. Also a quiet spot of spider veins on my shin is all bruise=y looking now and touchy. maybe actually I ran into something LOL.
You sleep on both sides! I don't dare lean on my op side-- there's a goose egg big as a dinosaur egg, and still swelling a little around it. Minor but sore. maybe I will just have to go for it tonight...
I saw OS PA this morning-- will post on my thread. Good visit-- he spent all the time i needed!
Have you heard from SeaSiren ??