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Have you caught up on "The Walking Dead" ? :dancy:
 
Believe me, PDH63 I am very well aware it's best not to compare, and that gratefulness is a big key to happiness, and feeling content. Having said that, I'm human and sometimes I don't manage that perfectly! :blush:

FWIW, I also put off doing something about my hips forever and a day - you are so not alone in that! I waited til the pain was excruciating and waking me up at night - I don't recommend that, lol. I have too much other stuff medically going on and have had so many surgeries the thought of another one was just too much. I have another THR to "look forward to" in 2014, so one benefit of this one is that it gives me time to prepare mentally....

I love "The Wonders of the Universe" - hope you enjoyed it too!

If the weather remains terrible, my view is always that it makes "perfect napping weather." Nothing like settling in for a cozy nap on a crazy rainy day. :sleep:

I hope your day is grand, and I believe 100% you will be back on a bike in no time! Keep on keepin' on!
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I've watched the first two episodes of this season's Walking Dead , I watch it on Fox , I think it's UK one ??? , episode three was on tonight but I was falling asleep watching tv earlier and needed to have a shower and change the dressing on the scar , Mags , my partner changed it , she's fantastic , I don't think I'd be able to do it without fainting :heehee: . I did the wise thing and will watch it tomorrow night .

Like the Walking Dead I fell asleep the minute I put on 'The Wonders of the Universe' I get tired and have to knap a few times a day , I love it , nice to use this ''napping weather'' and not be controlled by any schedule , I'm enjoying my recovery in that respect and watching loads of tv and BluRays . I've been studying all the new golf gear out there at the moment and making my wish list of stuff to buy for next year , I haven't played with five years and looking forward to getting back to that as well . Thank God for the internet .

I got my forty minutes walk done again today , Mags says the wound is very clean and my ROM is getting better so I deserve my laziness :sleep: :sleep: :sleep: :heehee:
 
You are going great guns PDH63 I also w was and am still very tired. My surgeon says that the 2 biggest complaints at 6 weeks are being tired and not sleeping through the night!!!!

It must be hard not getting outside....in Oz at least we can get outside for a change

Keep up the good work.....you are doing so well :yay: :yay: :yay:
 
Thanks Vetgirl , we're in autumn at the moment so weather is mild but wet and dreary , I'd imagine it's sunny and hot in Australia , that's not a bad thing either in recovery , it's not so bad to look out and see rain when I'm not able to get out after the surgery .

I took a rest today , I wasn't elevating my leg enough times during the past two days and got stiff and swollen but back on track again , I'm listening to my body and sometimes it shouts :rotfl: , so looking forward to getting out for a walk tomorrow .
 
I hope the weather improves so you get out PDH63. We have lots of bushfires here at the moment so smoggy skies but warm weather!!!!

6.5 weeks out i still live by the bonesmart mantra of icing, rest and elevating with no regrets :egypdance: :happydance: :yay:
 
Hi Pat, I was just checking in to see how you are doing. Sounds to me like you are getting along crazy well. If you were walking 40 minutes a day after just one week post surgery, you're well on the way to a successful recovery.

In an earlier post you mentioned feeling cranky, I suspect that may be caused by the pain meds. I re-read my recovery posts that I made in the weeks following my surgery and was surprised by some of things that I said. To be honest I didn't even remember making some of those posts. Once I was off anything that had the word -codone in it, I felt much more like myself (although it took a week or so after being off them).

Keep up the good work. Glad to see that you are doing well.

G.
 
Thanks G , I remember you having a terrible time at the start of your recovery , glad to hear your doing good .
I have been lucky with having very little pain , and that was only from stiffness , I don't know if the medications were doing the trick or I was just lucky but I continue to take them . Today though I was late in taking my meds , I took the first lot @ 7am , I was due to take the next lot @ 1pm but was messing around on the net and humming and hawing about going for a walk , we were having terrible showers and wind , and @ 3.30 I decided to go and got back after 4 . I'd forgotten to take my meds , I felt ok and didn't realise it until I saw my meds bag on the table @ 4.30 GULP ! I checked , I put everything in notes on the phone , and was late , I am nearly due a new script and thought ''I'm doing ok '' I'll start reducing the meds , instead of the four times a day I've gone to three times a day , 75% of meds . I'm feeling good tonight , in bed for the past three hours with my leg elevated and a now warm ice pack :heehee: , so I'll rethink the meds in four days again and see what the doc says . I've been taking loads of naps , going up to bed to elevate and ice , more so after my walk and exercise and I thinks that's been more beneficial , no more swelled foot and leg while sitting down , than anything else .

It was great to get out again today weather improved , I don't mind the bad weather , I'd only be afraid of falling or the extra pressure and awkwardness of walking in strong wind and set my recovery back .
 
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change the dressing on the scar , Mags , my partner changed it , she's fantastic , I don't think I'd be able to do it without fainting
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PDH63, I'm with you....I let my husband take care of checking the incision and changing the dressing. He says it looks wonderful....i say...i'm good...i don't need to see it...Took me a while to look at the last one too....gives me the heebie jeebie's!
 
The dressing came off last night , still haven't looked at the scar , Mag's says it looks very clean , no redness , swelling or anything that doesn't look right . She says there's some scabbing , didn't expect that , wanted a clean , clean , very clean scar but I reckon that's normal ???? I expect too much :heehee: .

I got in touch with the physiotherapist today so will start next week .
I went out for a walk today , trying to keep to my plan , upped it 10 minutes this week to 50 min , but lost track and did nearly 60 min but felt good , back to 50 tomorrow though and keep a closer watch to the time .

I'm watching loads of tv , nearly watched all of 'Boardwalk Empire' season three this week and loads of natural science programs , who says there's a bad side to THR :heehee: .

I haven't played golf for 5/6 years , I'm buying clubs next week , I hope to start putting in 4 weeks and build up from there , treating myself for going through the op and looking forward to getting life back to better than what was the norm .
 
I was afraid to look at my incision but had to change the bandage after a few days, and it wasn't anywhere near as bad as I feared. I had very little swelling or redness, which was nice!
 
Steph7409 What are we scared of , wev'e been through a serious operation on the other side and I still can't look at the scar ??????????????? I've turned to my right in front of mirrors after showers so I won't see it :rotfl: .
A little scar causing so much grief :whistle:

I took a rest today , weather was crazy here , got up late , watched tv and Mags took us up to friends , 30 min spin in the car each way , I had to lie down in bed early after coming home , I had a little bit of an iritating ache in the scar area .
I was thinking about it after , I'd been up all day and hadn't used elevation and ice , I'd been doing it three times a day up until today and the car ride didn't help after not doing those , fine now after lying down , elevating and icing . I've had no swelling since last week and put that down to the ice and elevation so I'll keep that up .
 
Glad to hear your doing so well, time has flown by hasn't it. Don't do what I've done and over do things matey, I'm struggling a bit and on eight weeks post op. I think I thought I could run before I could walk :kittykiss:
 
PDH63, I knew I would be a queasy baby if I looked directly at my incision. I took a pic with my phone when the nurse took off the surgical dressing. Some how in my mind I could look at the pic and not faint. Lol. I have since looked, I have staples. It looks very Frankenstienish. :eek: but it's healing very nicely.

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Another milestone passed .
Curiosity got the better of me , cat is still alive though :)

I was feeling the scar last night , Mags had said there was some scabbing , and it was the usual , normal , been there a while scabby feeling , I was even brave and rubbed some away and I didn't faint :heehee: .
Well tonight I went one better , I looked at it :yikes: .
I was after coming out of the shower , went into the dressing room and was gently dabbing the scar with the towel and I kind of looked down at it . I could only see a bit of it from the side , so I said what the hell and looked at it in the mirror and it looked ok and I had no problem with it .

I'll have to put up a pic when it's all nice and clean :)

I've booked a PT appointment for Saturday and keeping up my own PT and sticking to the plan and resting , icing and elevating .
 
I think it's so funny that you cannot look at your scar. I mean that in the warmest way. ;) I have a difficult time looking at other people's stuff, but not my own. <3
 
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I know it's funny , I've been that way since I was a child , believe it or not I'm brilliant ''first on scene'' of an accident , I've done it a few times , it's after when I think about it that the problem starts , I've a vivid imagination and get queasy after . As for myself it's always been a No No with injuries and the thoughts of them .

You know what's funny , I've raced motor bikes , mountain bikes , off road enduo motor bikes and all with the way I am about injuries and operations , can you believe that , I'm a total contradiction :rotfl:
 
My physio said to massage the scar with vitamin e cream, it worked a treat, helps lift off the scabs. Mine was also very sticky fro the glue dr used and it helped lift that off as well. :)
 
Congrats Pat! You trooper, you sound like you are doing brilliantly! So good to hear :happydance:
 
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