Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Day 2 of recovery
Today has been a sleepy day. I did not sleep for more than 2 hours at a time last night, and ended up waking up at 4am and staying up till my husband woke up at 5:30. I had a scare getting up to go to the bathroom. I got up too quickly and almost passed out. I had to hurry back to the couch with my husband holding me up. It happened again later in the morning, so I've started sitting up and waiting a few minutes before I get up on the crutches. My mom came to take care of me today so my husband could go back to work. She kept trying to clean my house because my dog sheds so much. We watched 'Twilight' and 'New Moon' because she had never seen them. I think she's hooked now. I made my follow up appointment for next Thursday the 1st at 9:30am. Then I talked to Dr. Scheid's nurse and a nurse from OHI. They were very nice and answered my questions. I get to change my dressing on Thursday, and Dr. Scheid's nurse told me not to push the straight leg raises yet. Overall, it was a good day until about 4. I started having a really sharp burning pain in my knee then, but it's almost gone away now. I just took my pain pill about 30 minutes early to head off the pain. Well, I think I'm going to sleep some more.
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Thinking about you and glad things are going well. Be careful with getting up too quickly...don't want you falling! It sounds like you've got a good handle on things now anyway:) Keep me updated on your progress! I hope that this helps your knee pain. When did Dr. Scheid think you should feel a difference?
Thanks Marcie! Getting up today was a lot easier. I just hate wearing my immobilizer when I am up. I'm not sure how long it will take to feel a change, I think I will be doing physical therapy for the next 2-3 months. I'm hoping therapy will be easier for me since I did a lot of strength training before surgery.
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