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Post-op day 8.
I'm in this brief moment of grace when the pain medicine has started to kick in, I haven't yet fallen asleep again, and the pain in my butt is tolerable.
Seriously. There's a surgical bone cut somewhere under my ass, and it's really uncomfortable to sit up for long. I'm expecting the pain to ease in a few weeks. Until then, I have to do my sitting up in short bursts. We're going to mess around with pillows and cushions to see if I can sit up longer, but I think time is the answer here, unfortunately.
All that physical therapy I did before surgery was time well spent, because my right hip and leg are mostly dead weight. Everything else has to compensate. My toughest move at the moment is getting into bed, which is hilariously difficult. I can't do it on my own. I use a strap to lift my operated leg first, then I tighten all my core muscles and have Seatmate pivot me around on my rear by my legs. It's kind of a helicopter move without the associated grace.
Tonight, Seatmate tied a piece of clothesline to the opposite front leg of the bed, stretched it across to the middle, and tied a dish towel to the end. That should give me something stronger than sheets to hold on to when getting back into bed. We'll see tomorrow.
Predictably, everything hurts, especially my hands. My hands take so much weight from using the walker. The angle of the handles doesn't bother my thumbs, but the small bones in my hands keep sliding out of place around the knuckles. We sacrificed an old hand towel and wrapped the walker handles, but they're still not great. I think nothing will be great except being able to walk.
Still, it's so nice to be home, even though I'm starting to drop off again.
I'm in this brief moment of grace when the pain medicine has started to kick in, I haven't yet fallen asleep again, and the pain in my butt is tolerable.
Seriously. There's a surgical bone cut somewhere under my ass, and it's really uncomfortable to sit up for long. I'm expecting the pain to ease in a few weeks. Until then, I have to do my sitting up in short bursts. We're going to mess around with pillows and cushions to see if I can sit up longer, but I think time is the answer here, unfortunately.
All that physical therapy I did before surgery was time well spent, because my right hip and leg are mostly dead weight. Everything else has to compensate. My toughest move at the moment is getting into bed, which is hilariously difficult. I can't do it on my own. I use a strap to lift my operated leg first, then I tighten all my core muscles and have Seatmate pivot me around on my rear by my legs. It's kind of a helicopter move without the associated grace.
Tonight, Seatmate tied a piece of clothesline to the opposite front leg of the bed, stretched it across to the middle, and tied a dish towel to the end. That should give me something stronger than sheets to hold on to when getting back into bed. We'll see tomorrow.
Predictably, everything hurts, especially my hands. My hands take so much weight from using the walker. The angle of the handles doesn't bother my thumbs, but the small bones in my hands keep sliding out of place around the knuckles. We sacrificed an old hand towel and wrapped the walker handles, but they're still not great. I think nothing will be great except being able to walk.
Still, it's so nice to be home, even though I'm starting to drop off again.