recovering from surgery

[sodamo]

Best of luck with rehab and recovery.

David

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[ronjhall]

Best to you Dutch. TBN is good therapy during recovery.

 

[MarkV]

Glad the surgery went well Dutch. My best advice is to not skimp on the rehab. I know several who reached a point where they didn't think they needed to do what the therapists recommended when they started feeling better and it bit them in the butt. Keep us posted as you can.

MarkV

 

[Western]

That's great!! Glad it has gone well so far. Both hips is a pretty major undertaking too. My dad had his done last year, they get you up and moving almost as fast as the anesthesia wears off:laughing:

 

[TripleR]

Wishing you a speedy recovery; you're tougher than I with two at once.

 

[Dutch445]

Thanks again all. Had a good walk around the floor here and that feels very good. Been struggling with some other issues, but I think I made some progress today. I will check in later from the laptop. (Not easy w blackberry)

 

[creekbend]

Best wishes. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

 

[dmccarty]

I am very impressed you are walking so soon and so far after getting new hips. That is amazing.

A family member is going for a new knee in a week. I hope it goes well for her as it has for TBNers.

Later,
Dan

 

[Dutch445]

today i had my incision areas re-wrapped with a different dressing to catch some drainage.
where's that backhoe when i need it!
but now they need to watch and see how these dressing work, supposed to add more
pressure to reduce the drainage.
the physical therapy part is going well, actually did a flight of stairs yesterday, up and then down,
using the railings instead of a walker.
so i have a low hematocrit count which they are watching. I went back on solid food today after a day off,
so hopefully everything improves. i'm sure the drainage isn't helping that situation.
so my hopes to go home tomorrow may be a little far fetched, know more in the morning
when they check these new bandages. calling it a spica cast?

 

[Dutch445]

came home sunday, 7 days after surgery. blood count had stabilized and drainage was low enough to use
these aqua-cil ? bandages. go back tomorrow for follow up with doc, hopefully remove staples.
i am doing PT every day, with a home visit therapist, next week i should start outpatient PT
at a local place. I can get around ok, dropped from walker to crutches, and going to start weaning
off them this weekend. feeling better all the time, although the middle of the night bathroom break
is quite a challenge. things don't feel all that great getting up like that after a few hours of sleep.
i still spend a good part of the day either in bed of in a chair with my feet up, the physical therapist says that
is what i need, rest, walks, therapy, and more rest. feet up helps control swelling. i still sit with the ice
packs on my hips, and am wearing the teds stockings all to help control swelling. the swelling has reduced
significantly since last week, but it's still there, esp close the the surgery areas.