Now I Know Nickel Allergy to my BHRs - On The Path To Healing

[Dan L]

2fer

Keep after it, you will get there very soon.  Congrats on all your progress so far, you've made great  strides.   

Dan

[WTW15]

I am in your corner 2fer!!!  Keep up the good strong work and good news on NO HIP PAIN!!!  YES!

[Two4One]

Thank you so much, Dan and WTW, for being in my now crowded corner with all the hippies I draw strength from!  Today was 4mg Dilaudid, and tomorrow will be 2mg at night only for a couple of days.  Then, the Big Zero!  I want to "Done" for at least one day before I see Doc Pain again on the 23rd!

2fer

[Aerial]

Thank you so much, Dan and WTW, for being in my now crowded corner with all the hippies I draw strength from!  Today was 4mg Dilaudid, and tomorrow will be 2mg at night only for a couple of days.  Then, the Big Zero!  I want to "Done" for at least one day before I see Doc Pain again on the 23rd!

2fer

Yes!  Sending good vibes!  :)

[Two4One]

Saturday, March 17, 2012 8:30pm

The Dilaudid if officially down to 2mg at night now, and I will say I'm kinda looking forward to that 9pm dose! :P

Today, I walk this land1, and for about an hour this afternoon, I worked in my garden, sort of swaying from side to side in the hot sun and wondering if I might pass out.  Not to worry, my gait was still pretty, which is all that counts.  After I came in and fell asleep on the couch, Hubs continued to work outside most of the afternoon spiffing up the backyard, laying oak leaf mulch over the low weeds of my work in progress flower cutting garden, and it's looking good I must say!  Maybe I'll take some pics tomorrow if I don't feel too grody, but the jury is definitely out on that one.

Let me give you a little tip; don't go to marriage therapy at 9:30am in the morning when you are starting your first full day off hard narcotics!  I was on a slow burn all morning, and Whoosh!  My temper went up like an atom bomb, I threw my sh*t across the room and stood up and announced, "I'm going for a little walk now!"  About 20 minutes later, I came back to finish the last 5 minutes.  All I can say to you hippies about my earlier intensity is I got some crap off my chest, that's for sure!ϟ At least me hip did well today, so there's that.

Hubs is fine; he knows the drill.  It is March Madness you know! 

Me, I'm hanging in and signing off for tonight.


Repeat Request in Humility:

Wish me Luck, and if anyone has a mind to, would you please offer up any good intentions/well wishes/prayers/muttering under your breath, to the Universe/Lord/Serendipity on my behalf?  I would surely appreciate it.  Please keep me in your thoughts as all of you are in mine.

Amen.

2fer
aka
'One

1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnYnSnVmXvM&feature=related Iron Butterfly - 1969 In A Gadda Da Vida

[Dan L]

2fer;

Getting very, very close, cool and happy trails, you are almost THERE!!!

Dan

[Two4One]

Thank you, Dan, so very much for your encouragement.  No more holding on to the shrubs as I jump off the Dilaudid cliff because tonight it will be ZERO mg.  I don't have PT tomorrow, I have 7.5mg Vicodin/Norcos that I've been prescribed to take, and my body seems to be tolerating the accelerated detox as well as to be expected.  It's all good, I think.  I hope.

I'm not sleeping again, but that's a typical withdrawal symptom and will go away in a few days.

Thank you, Universe/Lord/Hippies/Kindness.

Amen

One

[hernanu]

Very proud of you, ' One. This has been a good taper for you and you have mucho hippies in your corner. Good that you've got Hubs there for you.

The world wants you there, sounds like the return from the dark is there. Congrats....

[WTW15]

CONGRATS!!!!    Be nice to yourself - you deserve it.  Huge Accomplishment!

[Kiwi]

2fer, You're climbing a huge mountain and you're nearly there. Make sure you take time to look at the view from up there....you deserve it!!

[mslendzion]

thinking of you and wishing you the best.  Let us know how it goes today.

[Two4One]

Unbelievable* - I took my pasty, sweaty, swaying self to lift weights at my 8am PT!  Next, at 1:30am, I showed up to take possession of my newly minted and updated resume.

Otherwise, all day today and all of last night I've been prostrate in bed, pretty much not moving a muscle.  I feel weak and gross.  This will pass completely after two weeks, but the worst of it is usually the first 3 days, so tomorrow I may be able to do something and be outside to enjoy our gorgeous spring.

I will say though I'm very glad to be now only on 7.5 mg Vicodins 'cause that makes me feel like part of the normal lot of newly minted post op hippies and totes helps me to know the real improvements my body is making back to health and ease of movement.

Thank you, mslendzion, kiwi, WTW, Rbt, Nanu, Dan L, Bliss, and many, many others for offering your support and comfort.  I can't wait to be back on my feet taking wild swings at life!

one

* I do like the song, but I hope I'm more real than the song's subject.

[Dan L]

Almost there Kiddo, we're pulling for you.  You really should write a book, heck most of it is already in print here, what an incredible, uplifting story you'll have to tell.  I'd read it.

Best vibes possible in this last stage, I know it is very difficult, but you have such a good mindset to get through it, I know you'll be successful.

Dan

[WTW15]

Posting up to you and the Universe - Hoping you are progressing and feeling better! 
{{{HUGS}}} and tons of support and good vibes!  And if you have a setback, know that we are all here for you too.  You are taking this so fast and so aggressive.  Just want you to succeed!

[Two4One]

Ugh, the last couple of weeks have not been pretty, but I am officially off the hard stuff and taking Norcos for another month or so.  Week One off Dilaudid I managed one PT.  Week Two, I finished my formal PT and also said goodbye to my Therapist because like I told her "I got nothing."  All in all, I've downed more junk food and Haagen Dazs these past 2 weeks than I thought humanly possible.

The toughest part of withdrawing has been the flattening of my joie de vivre, (lust for life).  My hip pain is normal, my relationship is sound, and yet I recognize that it will take some time for my serotonin to start production on it's own again.  Until then,  thank you for bearing with me and my lack of drive.

2-4

P.S.  Hubs' last day is TODAY at Big World Company, and, man, is he thrilled and floating around the house with this big grin permanently plastered across his face.  I wish I could be there for him.

[obxpelican]

I am so happy that you are off the hard stuff, it's not good for you at all.

I can also tell in your writing style (you write really well) that you're mind is much more clear.

Keep up the good rehab, hope your relationship with your husband goes back to the point when you two were dating  ;D

Here's to wishing you a happy and painless life.

Chuck

[Aerial]

So glad to hear from you, I was worried!  Keep it up, you are getting you life back and it won't happen all at once!

[mslendzion]

Welcome back. Keep up the good work.

[Two4One]

April 5, 2012 9:45am Thursday

Wednesday
Sleep     Slept uninterrupted Midnight to 7am = Seven Hours of Sleep!  That's my new average amount of sleep I get now, and it's wonderful!

Breakfast
7:30am    Oatmeal, 1/2 banana, 1 TBSP walnuts, cinnamon, 1 1/2 huge mugs of Coffee.

8am -
9am          I got down on my hands and knees and scrubbed the downstairs half bath, hall, and kitchen/dining room.

                 Yesterday, I had my follow up with Dr. Philip Schmitt, and he has lifted all restrictions - except for running,
                 which I don't do anyway.  Dr. Schmitt said my left leg and hip were more muscled than my right side, and
                 that's why I will still have pain until my right gets stronger.  Also, I am released from PT.  He:

- Suggested I do housework in the morning
- Do swimming, yoga, whatever I feel up for in the afternoon
- Set my One Year Follow Up Appointment in December

I feel good, and I'm out the door to walk one mile with Hubs and Dog!

Thank you for your kind support, and I'm going to PM you well wishers.  I am so grateful to you all.

2fer1

[hernanu]

Glad to hear all is going well. It took those muscles a while to deplete, it will take a bit to get'em back. Enjoy the process, though 'One - I can feel things are really going the right way for you.