I am finally at a point where I feel human again and like I will recover. Today was Day Eight of PT(3 in Ohio/5 in Louisiana). I also do exercises at home on weekends so I don't go 2 days without working things. I am off the blood thinner as of today(on baby aspirin now)and those danged portable compression things 24/7. Boy is it hard to get comfortable in bed and sleep with them going off constantly and blowing up and deflating around my calves. The noise from that can get deafening at night. And not being able to get myself to the toilet has been loads of fun for Hubs too so he's slept even less than me.
And I can finally sleep through the night! This is a BIG thing. Sleeping on my back is so foreign to me but I can dose off in that position for awhile. I am a stomach sleeper so once Hubs could roll me to my side and I could tip myself over into my front I sure felt a lot better and got quality sleep.
Nothing keeps you from feeling your best(or at least human)like not being able to sleep.
Today I was able to get myself out of bed by myself and get to the bathroom AND I can get both my legs up back on the bed to get back in bed. You don't realize how much little things like moving just a bit are so hard after surgery.
My surgical glue is beginning to fall off too so I'm keeping the incision covered except for showering so I don't get an urge to start picking it off and helping it along. lol
I am still tired, especially on days I have to go to PT plus have other doctor appointments. I had a wound check last week and an appointment with the new PCP this past Monday.
My PT place is very small without a lot of bells and whistles like the PT attached to the surgeon's facility in Ohio. It doesn't have all the fancy machines nor the big sports team's type icing machines(boy, I could use those some days!)but we are getting back to normal.
I've lost a total of 53 lbs. since before the cruise in May. I had planned to "on purpose" loose another 20 lbs. after surgery so I have another 17 more to go to reach that goal. That, along with PT should keep me busy for some time to come.
Thanks for everyone chiming in with their knee replacement experiences. It does help keep me motivated and on track that this isn't all there is and that things will get back to "normal" one day. I do still need that $&*^#&$ walker for stabilization so that may be awhile before I can ditch that. I have learned to dislike our master bathroom as it has a separate "potty room" with the toilet in it. The walker won't fit in that doorway so I get to practice "crab walking" sideways into that cubicle where my nose almost touched the door frame as I sidle in. Boy, is that fun.....*snort*.
I will be so grateful once I can walk into a store again or even ride one of those danged scooters around the store. Sitting home is so lonely(well it's been noisy the last 2 days as the handymen were here working in the kitchen-between saws and barking dogs)and I can only watch so many bad Halloween type movies on the local tv station. 8-)
Sluggy
