Thank you, everyone!
The rest of my family is in LA, and I'm in Berkeley, which has meant that I'd be spending this Christmas away from family because of the hip surgery (12/10/10). It was hard to be away this particular Christmas because of the loss of my Dad, though my parents divorced almost 20 years ago. But I felt so supported by friends up here -- and by all of you online! And I just didn't want to travel. In fact today was one of the harder days physically. I can actually walk now unassisted, though it's hobbling, and I still should use the crutch or walker for safety, so I am... and today I was just so exhausted. Healing takes a lot of energy. So I napped on and off. It was actually a nice Christmas, very restful.
The redness and itching around my incision, by the way, is calming down. I've been putting hydrocortisone cream on it once or twice a day, but it seems to be resolving itself. Still red but paler, and I can see that it's mostly under the Steri-strips and had just spread upward as reaction to that. Whew. It's funny that they don't tell us this can be a common reaction, but from what I've heard from many of you, it is.
I'm also surprised that it's still hurting so much, around the incision itself and down my right leg (last night the calf bone was aching). I'm so tired of that part! Still taking Percocet at the same rate on Day 14 as Day 7. But I think many of you began to taper off the pain meds around the 2nd-3rd week, so here's hoping.
I tried to put on pants for a dinner last night and my right butt cheek was so very, very round! Very funny.
I hope you all had a Happy Hippy Christmas! This year Santa brought me a shiny new BHR... :-)