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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jul 17, 2012 10:16:39 GMT -5
with myself has set in HUGE recently. I mean to the point where I am climbing the walls.
At this point, I have a 2 week old hip that I can only bear 50% weight on. I have movement restrictions where I cannot cross my leg over the midline of my body. I don't need the oxy anymore, but have discovered that the oxy relaxes me enough that I can sleep and it also keeps the lower back pain from sleeping only on my back, in check.
Last night, I *barely* got 4 hours sleep. TD was up showering early and the sound of water triggered my bladder, so I had to get up to pee. So I was up.....at 5:30 this morning. I heard 1 am ding on the clock this morning.
The surgeon says 2-3 months before he'll replace my other hip. That means probably another round of restrictions again. I'd do it tomorrow, if I could get in. Repeated surgery is getting old. I guess I should consider myself lucky in that I can easily the oxy without issue. I need to start the analysis on my thesis and oxy brain plus statistics is not a good combination.
I don't want to think about what rehab is going to be like. My normal rehab after being out commission for 6 weeks is about 3 months. I have no idea as to what rehab's going to be like after being out of commission for what will be damn near a year.
One advantage is that I know that I need to get my ass out here permanently. Not sure how I'm going to manage it though. The benefits that I receive from my job are excellent, I like my job and the people I work with.....and I miss them. Even the idiot students.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jul 17, 2012 10:33:38 GMT -5
Mich, if there is any good news here, you have some kind of mental and emotional organization to your thought process. And a heckuvalotta determination. A lesser individual would have given up long ago, I think. And as for the bad news, you will have to put up with TD around for awhile longer. Yeah, that part sucks.
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Post by TD2K on Jul 17, 2012 10:46:24 GMT -5
Okay, someone is definitely in a funk if you miss the students (usually Mich would prefer to use the students as traffic cones in a gymkhana where the goal is to rack up as many students as possible.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jul 17, 2012 10:53:57 GMT -5
I've heard that going off the OXY can put a person in a real funk. Maybe this is happening to you? I don't think so. This has been building while I was on the oxy and tapering off. I think it would have happened if I was still taking it.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jul 17, 2012 10:54:54 GMT -5
Okay, someone is definitely in a funk if you miss the students (usually Mich would prefer to use the students as traffic cones in a gymkhana where the goal is to rack up as many students as possible. Yeah, that's scary.....
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Post by TD2K on Jul 17, 2012 14:58:23 GMT -5
Well, she's been pretty much sitting on her butt since December 24th when the first hip came out so a little case of cabin fever is not unexpected. As I pointed out to her, she's in much better shape than when she came back from having the first hip implant removed. Being on hurting status is so inadequate of a phrase, they had real problems trying to get her pain under control. Most of the time when asked by the nurses she said 7 on a scale of 0 to 10 where 10 is as bad as you can imagine. Mich asked me today if I had to go to Costco after work. She really meant "I need to go to Costco and get out of this freaking house"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2012 15:08:13 GMT -5
As you know, Mich, patience is a virtue. However, virtue is its own reward and that sux. I will send some good mojo in your direction. Lemmeno if it works.
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Post by Jaguar on Jul 17, 2012 15:12:44 GMT -5
Mich I know kinda what your saying. I was 12 weeks non weight bearing when I had my hip replaced. I never want to go through that again.
How long have you been non weight bearing for ?
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jul 17, 2012 15:16:25 GMT -5
No, she REALLY means "I need to go to Costco and get out of this freaking house BECAUSE COSTCO HAS CRACKBERRIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Post by Jake 48 on Jul 17, 2012 15:17:26 GMT -5
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jul 17, 2012 16:39:55 GMT -5
Mich I know kinda what your saying. I was 12 weeks non weight bearing when I had my hip replaced. I never want to go through that again. How long have you been non weight bearing for? December 24, 2011 was the last day I walked unaided.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jul 17, 2012 17:16:38 GMT -5
Aww I'm sorry it is such a long process for you. I'd be climbing the walls too in your position.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2012 17:19:42 GMT -5
Mich - Just stay the course and you will get there. Keep on keepin' on! You will make it through.
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Post by mmhmm on Jul 17, 2012 17:26:52 GMT -5
Aww, mich, it's miserable, isn't it? What you're feeling is perfectly normal under the circumstances, but that danged well doesn't make it good! The days crawl by and it seems like there's no end in sight. There is, though. It's just hard to see at this point. You've handled it all so well, and you'll handle the rest just as well. Just come here and bitch to your heart's content, luv. It's good to have a place to rant and rave and vent. You've got a great group of supporters here, and TD there to hold you when you just need to cry. Hugs, sweetie.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jul 18, 2012 13:01:46 GMT -5
I'm in a much better frame of mind today. TD took me to Costco to scooter around. I nearly fell on my face when my crutch slipped from under my arm, but managed to catch myself.
I did take oxycontin and a dose of oxy last night before going to bed and finally slept and awoke without a backache. My hips were aching like the dickens when we got back from Costco. I had taken an antiinflammatory, but that wasn't cutting it. So I wonder if that ache, along with lack of sleep was feeding back on my mental attitude.
My surgeon doesn't seem concerned about me taking the oxy. In fact, I am probably more concerned about taking it than he is. But I understand that it is important for me to move and I don't move much when I ache. I'm not quite 3 weeks out from surgery on a joint that has now been cut on 5 times.
Patience......I'm running out.
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Jul 18, 2012 13:15:50 GMT -5
Aww Mitch - you must be climbing the walls (figuratively, not literally ) with the slow progress of your rehab. Will you have to go through all this again after the next surgery? I'd probably be tearing my hair out by now.
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Post by femmefatale on Jul 18, 2012 13:22:21 GMT -5
Hugs, Mich...
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Post by Jaguar on Jul 18, 2012 13:24:19 GMT -5
Mich I know kinda what your saying. I was 12 weeks non weight bearing when I had my hip replaced. I never want to go through that again. How long have you been non weight bearing for? December 24, 2011 was the last day I walked unaided. Ah crap Mich, I'm so sorry.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jul 18, 2012 13:28:37 GMT -5
Aww Mitch - you must be climbing the walls (figuratively, not literally ) with the slow progress of your rehab. Will you have to go through all this again after the next surgery? I'd probably be tearing my hair out by now. Yep. There's this intermediary period where I feel ok enough to drop the drugs and it affects my sleep. So I don't sleep well. Before the last surgery, I was able to get back into the waterbed and the water allowed me to sleep on my side. I'm a side sleeper, not back. The swelling in the hip is enough that I can't lie on my side because the pressure from the bed hurts too much. Right now, I can't get out of the waterbed without breaking restrictions. I have another couple more weeks before I can try it.
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Post by Bluerobin on Jul 18, 2012 14:38:30 GMT -5
Translation: I don't need the Oxy, but I want more!!
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jul 18, 2012 15:11:59 GMT -5
Mich, I feel your pain; after my spinal fusion, I had to sleep on my back because of the brace. I was sent home from the hospital with my own pharmacy of pills, but I was still under the care of a pain specialist. All of the pills made me groggy, but they did help me sleep better. By week three, I was in PT, which eased the tight muscles in the lumbar region, and it was easier to drop some of the pills except at night. Can you sleep in a recliner? In bed, prop a pillow under your knees to take the pressure off of your hips. I hope you have more relief from the pain in the coming weeks. I did sleep in a recliner after my first couple surgeries. Not really looking into sleeping in it again. I have an adjustable bed where the head and knees can be raised. It does alleviate the stress on my lower back, but I wind up needing to continually adjust the bed when the back pain starts back up. Maybe I just need to take the pain meds at night to be comfortable and consider it a price to pay to sleep on my back. As soon as the swelling goes down more and restrictions are lifted, I should be able to sleep on my side in the waterbed again.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jul 18, 2012 15:14:03 GMT -5
Translation: I don't need the Oxy, but I want more!! I have enough oxy to get TD and I to Fiji, to stay in one of those huts over the water if I sold it on the market!
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