an update. round 2 surgery coming for the right hip on february 1st.
i am going to draw a big smiley face on that r hip or maybe a simple fish figure (surgeon enjoys fishing) using a water based sharpie..........
all the hoohah you have to do 4 days before surgery makes your head spin..........
december 20th was 6 months for me for the other one (left hip). recovery has been a long haul. lot's of ups, downs, and challenges. some not so funny stuff and then some funny stuff looking back. 4 months of no bending over; going up and down the stairs, picking stuff up off the floor, (dropping things is a real stinker) putting shoes and socks on, underwear really is overrated............
shaving my legs (electric razor tied around an extra curved handle with one of the compression socks that i hated to help with swelling), doing laundry, cooking, general household tasks, and driving. going anywhere or doing anything takes longer. getting those unused and cut mucscles back in shape. figured out how to get in my jeep wrangler in short order after about 5 or 6 weeks. i lifted myself in using the roll bar, fired her up and i rolled out of the garage into the driveway. mr. rb came running out of the house....his eyes and expression (how'd you do that) met mine and i had a big grin on my face!
sometimes he would try to get a shoe on the wrong foot, so one day i wrote
R and
L in a sharpie marker on the tops of my feet (upside down to me, right side up to him) using a stick with the sharpie taped on........
it took almost 3 months to get my blood levels back to normal; after the 2nd week post surgery, SOMEONE brought home a viral infection of the gi type, and lasted for 3 more weeks. i had to go in twice to make sure the hardware didn't get infected because of the symptoms. i lost 20 lbs between the surgery and infection........not unhappy about losing fat cells let me tell ya, but a hard way to lose them. also put a blip in the radar on my injections, set me way back (will update my thread on this).
ditched crutches early on, hate them things; i used the walker, and graduated to two canes (now on one) because of the other hip. my husbands legal assisstant lent me a 'rollator'. this thing helped me in my walking routine everyday the distance i did (up to 2 miles) and carrying things in and out of the house and getting mail. rollators are like a walker, but better. big wheels to get around on most surfaces, a seat, and a storage basket underneath. brakes. good on sidewalks, asphalt gravel, grass........although going up hill in grass especially if there are mole tunnels is a challenge. without it i could never walk the distance i do.......but getting there.
recovery really does take 6 months or more for this surgery in many ways.
the scar looks good. amazing! will have another to match on the other side! LOL!
the funniest story i can think of...........we went out to dinner some months back to a really nice restaurant on a monday evening. i went to the ladies room, (handicap stall). when i went to remove toilet paper, the ENTIRE dispenser came totally off the wall, and toilet paper rolling out as the thing fell to the floor. seriously.......
the 2 or 3 toilet dispenser came off the wall and landed about 2 feet in front of me while i am sitting on the throne toilet paper rolling off........
couldn't bend over or cross a 90 degree plane. all i had was one of my walking sticks with me. i pulled the dispenser towards me, and lifted it up and onto my lap with the walking stick.....by now my husband had decided i had been in the ladies room a little too long so he shows up in the ladies room..........
needless to say, the dispenser was carried out discreetly and handed to the manager.......
dinner was on them.......
we have a 7 day trip coming up to arizona prior to my surgery on the first. i plan to enjoy. i am hoping and wishing i don't have to have a transfusion this time, but it's all good. i know what to expect this time around. this spring i may be in good enough shape to divide hives! if not, will figure it out...........and 5 months from my surgery i will be in montana........FISHING!
i want to thank everyone for your posts, encouragement, support, well wishes and prayers!
it's a new year and a good year!!!
