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

[Two4One]

Monday 1.23.12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0---Q97pG4 'Come Monday' - Jimmy Buffet

Sunday        I awoke at 3am to tell 'Mr. You're out of Meds" to back the F off!
                    Can't you let a girl get her Beauty Sleep?  Then, it's all "Why Hello
                    There, Mr. Sandman!"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsKQXJQwrNc
                    'Mr. Sandman' -The Chordettes

Sleep             Midnight - brief interruption + 7am = 6 Hours!       
                                           
Breakfast       1 Large Slice Artisan Bread Toast , butter, raspberry jam, & 1 c Skim Milk
10:50am        1 c Organic Plain Yogurt, 2 TBSP sugar, and 1/2 c fresh raspberries 

Lunch             Grilled whole wheat Pita, mixed greens, roast Turkey, swiss, avocado.
2pm               1 Vodka/Grapefruit Juice and a half cup of Chex Mix

Dinner            I made a Rice, Turkey Sausage, and Black Beans gumbo for dinner from
                      scratch!  In the skillet: 1 chopped onion, 1 sweet
6:45               yellow bell pepper, mushrooms, turkey sausage, salt & pepper, 1 TBSP
                      Olive oil, and some black beans added at the edn..  Meanwhile, the wild
                      grain unprocessed rice with 2 pats of butter, & a little veggie boullion, is
                      cooking. Won at backgammon again & washed down my dinner with a
                      half a bottle of Stella Artois beer.

Late snack       Carr's plain crackers spread with Boursin Cheese and 1 Vodka/Grapefruit
8pm
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7am -             Woke up and decided to stay in my nice warm bed and sing along to
10:45am         some favorite songs.  Good thing for me, my pup Boo is not a critic!
                      Next, I had to attend to some very important business, I got caught
                      up on my correspondence, and I made myself presentable.

Noon              Recovery Pod Rest and a cup of Weight loss Tea

2pm Lunch      
6pm Dinner

7:20
- 8:05pm         PT with my yoga mat!

8:30pm          Retired to the Turret Room

      

[bilateralbliss]

But it is necessary to cool our jets to let our body get back so we can do this forever - Hernanu

Succinctly put, hernanu.  I'm going to get a tattoo of your quote or have it cross stitched on a pillow if need be, if that's what it's going to take to get my ducks in a row:

1.  PT twice Daily, (NOT bits & pieces in between other stuff that I feel like doing more)

2.  Twice Daily per my PT Harry; Resting/catnapping/or meditating

3.  Remember pressing onward OK, BUT inflaming hips & driving up pain NOT OK.

[bilateralbliss]

twoforone- you are the best!!
Have just read ALL your diary- incredible writing! amazing and entertaining !!
Thanks so much ;D
Your quote re what`s most important shall now be my mantra!!
Reaching once more for the Vit E oil....

[mslendzion]

Two4one
Hoping to get released to drive so I can get some good grapefruit juice to join you with the vodka grapefruit reward. Thanks for gumbo recipe. I've been envying your diet these last few weeks.
Regards

[Two4One]

Thank you, Miss Bliss, for the very sweet remarks about my diary!  It's tough for me to follow my own mantra, but we need to simply keep trying and not a little deviation from the plan derail us.

Lol, mslendzion!  Ruby Red grapefruit juice is the good stuff!  Instead of a quilting circle or some such nonsense, we can clink the one cocktail on line with a hale and hearty "Here's mud in your eye", "Skoal", or "Cheers!"

Thank you also for your kind comments about my diet.  I need to lose about 20 to 30 lbs, even though I think I look like a goddess; however, it's all my small size clothes that can't be worn that's propelling me to shed enough to get back into them!  I started my serious slimming program today!  Essentially, on Wednesday, I had yogurt and raspberries,a Chocolate chip cookie and a glass of skim milk, lunch was the rice gumbo and 1 Vodka/Grapefruit juice, my only snack was 2 mini tootsie rolls, and dinner was my 2nd Chocolate Chip Cookie and some spilled skim milk!  That's not the best way to start cleaning up excess calories because without good nutrition you'll end up binging to compensate.

My pledge to myself today is to get the nutrients my body needs, but trim some of the larger portions that are not completely necessary.  I lost 12 pounds of the hospital water weight, but I've plateaued at around 165.  I think I'll cruise over to "Pat (The Pillar) Miller", and see what that's about.

Tuesday was quite the active day, and I ran around, in heels, so much today that I finally arrived home after 8:30pm!  I'm bushed, so I'm going to update my log for today on Wednesday.

Goodnight all,

2-4

[Two4One]

Middle of the Night Musings 1.25.12 Day 36

A Hippy and I were talking the other day, and the following observation was made:

"Realize now this getting back to normal is going to take far longer then I envisaged."

I think this is spot on and really grabbed me.  I believe that we need to understand and embrace the healing pain our bodies are going through and not expect for it to be easy at all.  From what I've been reading and seeing, that kind of expectation doesn't match the reality of most people in that resurfacing is a major surgery that simply takes time to recover from.  What gets me, and I believe a lot of other people, is how amazing it feels to have the OA pain GONE, but the reality of recovery is still front and center and can be very disheartening, until one day at 3 months, or perhaps as long as 6 months, you can move without hurting anymore at all. IMO, The long and the short of it is that our bodies take one year to fully recover from hip resurfacing, and there is no getting around that medical fact.

I think we will evolve through the healing pain and the muscle spasms; I quite simply think the major pain reduction will happen between the 3 and 6 month mark.  Regardless, my model is that my body is my friend and it tries to tell me, through pain and soreness, when to back off or to perhaps change my routine.

My surgeon's protocol is 2 to 6 weeks of partial weight bearing, using the walker, crutches, etc.  I had been lurking on this board and had been on other boards, so I was fortunate to see how important proper walking form is, and how it's a base for every other form of exercise.  I'm a big believer in following your surgeon's protocol to the letter.  I am not going to be one of the statistics' who dislocate their hardware or, Heaven Forbid, break their femur because they felt so well that they didn't feel the body's laws of healing applied to them.

Although I was home bound and bed ridden for over 2 years with undiagnosed end stage OA, pre op I made myself crawl sometimes, whatever it took, to go to the pool.  I could NOT tolerate pool walking because my OA was so bad, and the only thing I could do was the backstroke, resting my legs from time to time, but it was my only connection to the world - so I did it.  Three months prior to my bilateral resurfacing on December 20th, my OA pain was too bad to make that ten minute drive anymore, and I put my pool membership on hold.

I am getting a lot out of my out patient PT, and IMO I think it's a mistake not to do it.  After being weakened and bedridden so long, my left glute is atrophied, I had no calves to speak of, and every bit of my core and all the small muscles girdling the hips were fairly useless.  I now work on specific muscles through adduction, I do a lot to strengthen my core, and I also tend to all the micro muscles that are so weak because only my larger muscles did any work at all during my confinement.

My PTs also stress to me all the time that if I wasn't taking painkillers of some kind that it would be so emotionally and physically taxing that I wouldn't be able to make as many strides as I am today.  I hate to push narcotics on anyone.  Yet, I will emphatically say if you take promethazine or any other powerful anti nausea agent you most likely would then be able to tolerate vicodin or norcos. (same meds, different brand names).  Of course, in 2 months or so when you're ready to wean off and don't need them anymore, you will have withdrawal and you will get sick for about 2 weeks - it's like a very bad flu.  The other unavoidable side effect is making docusate and enemas part or your schedule.  I worry about about the other hippies who are going through the fatigue and drain of toughing through your PT and recovery whilst in pain.  Again, this is only my opinion and that of my team of doctors, nurses, and PT's, but I think it's a bad idea to get bummed out because it freakin' hurts too much to do your PT properly.  I think it's a bad idea to never be able to get any good sleep because of pain, and it's totally unnecessary to suffer if you don't have to.  I guess you could say I'm a firm advocate of "Don't get behind on your meds or your pain."

OK, *climbing off soapbox*

I see a lot of folks questioning why aren't they having this fabulous, pain free healing like the lucky hippies who only need a bit of ice, and that's why I'm adding my 2 cents in.  What are your thoughts on the pain medication/no pain medication methods of recovery?  How do you feel about your own level of pain while you are going through the recovery process?

[Two4One]

Wednesday 1.25.12  Day 37

Being able to step outside & be free, free to walk, free to drive, & free to simply BE again is a fantastical gift the Universe/Lord/Serendipity has bestowed upon me, and I Thank You.  Amen.

'Wednesday morning at five o'clock, As the day begins.....................   
Stepping outside, she is free.............Fun is the one thing that money can't buy'   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lG3nXyI41M    The Beatles - She's Leaving Home


Tuesday        My head hit the pillow hard, and by 11am, I was OUT!  An 11pm
                      slumber start point, now that I could live with!  Oh, but yet again at
                      4am, I'm pulled out of a nice, sound sleep by my own cries of pain. I
                      did push it ::) on Tuesday, so that's the price I had to pay for all my
                      fun.  My Vicodin, unfortunately, did not cut it, and it was way too
                      early for the hard stuff, so I busied myself with my favorite (and some of
                      yours too, no doubt) past time of middle of the night emailing and posting. 

                      Well, at least it's not drunk dialing ;).  I'm kidding; my Hubs frowns on
                      that sort of thing and wonders aloud several times a week, at least,
                      when I'm going to 'grow up'.  I tell him being a 'grown up' is over rated
                      in my personal ethos, and if being grown up means being stressed and
                      locked in with every filter and shield in place, well, he's welcome to that
                      particular pleasure, and he should go on holding his breath waiting for me
                      to 'grow up' because it's not going to happen.  Not on my watch.

                      Again with the tangents, Geez!  OK, Back at the Ranch, I slept from:
Sleep              11pm to 4am = 5 Hours   
                     

Breakfast        1/2 c Oats, 1/2 Banana, 3 chopped Walnuts, 1 c Skim Milk, and 1 cup
6:20am           of coffee with cream

2nood Breakfast  Toast 2 slices, butter, raspberry jelly, and 1 c Skim Milk
9am

Lunch              I went on a TOAST Binge!  I must have had at least 6 more slices throughout
11am              the day, before, between and after my three meals, slathering the temptingly
                      tasty toast with butter & jelly, and every 2 slice 'serving', (and I use that term
                      loosely), washed down with it's own skim milk accompaniment.

Dinner            I prepared 2 paninis using regular bread.  Don't make that rookie mistake!
                     They were a sodden, soggy, inedible mess.  Gross.  I took mine apart and ate
                      the scrapings - roast beef, honey roasted turkey, mixed greens, half slice of
                      swiss cheese, tomato (which tasted like dirty socks, so I didn't eat the tomato
                      either), and l left the gooey bread mess for the dog.  Hubs had a
                      pretty good suggestion - toast the 'normal' bread 1st to stiffen it up before
                      placing it in Cuisinart Griddler.*  Also, steamed Broccoli, Carr's plainer water
                      crackers spread with Boursin Cheese, and a half Stella Artois Beer.  The Stella
                      beer company also has a fun website for those of you who are of legal age:
                      http://www.stellaartois.com/sundance-film-festival-12-4293/
                      Hershey Bar and 1 c of Skim Milk                     


*  http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-GR-4N-5-in-1-Griddler/dp/B002YD99Y4/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1327580782&sr=1-1
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4am                I woke myself up by my own cries.  With Boo at my side, we hung out
                      waiting for 6am so as to not disturb Hub's sleep.

7am                A little groggy, but pain is a '3', so yay, right?
                      for morning

9:15am -         Did my writing.
10:40

Lunch Break    

1pm to 2:30     NAP TIME! = 2 1/2 Hours

3pm to 3:50   Home PT

         Prone Ankle Pumps: 3 sets of 12 reps
         Prone Isometric Combination of Gluteal Squeezes & Quad squeezes:  3 sets of 12 reps
         Prone Straight Leg Roll Outs (not in):  3 sets of 12 reps
         Prone Bent Knee Rolled Outs (like a 1/2 Butterfly):  3 sets of 12 reps
         Half Bridges Combined with Half Sit ups:  3 sets of 12 reps
         Heel Slides:  3 sets of 12 reps

         Sitting Knee Extensions:  3 sets of 12 reps
         Semi squats on chair stacked with three pillows:  3 set of 8-12 reps.
         Standing Heel Raise:  3 sets of 12 reps
                        Hip Lateral Hip Abduction:  3 sets of 12 reps,
                        Standing Knee Flexion:  3 sets of 12 reps      

4pm   to 6pm   Vacuumed LR and Guest Bath.  Moved Furniture Around in our living room! 

6:30         Made Dinner and won Backgammon Again - Is Hubs throwing the games?

7:45         Too Sore to Clean up the Kitchen after myself or walk without a lot of pain and lurching.


8pm         Very Stiff and trouble walking correctly.  Pain is a 7 and not responding to
                        painkillers.

Sleep 11pm - 6:15

[Two4One]

Thursday 1.26.12  Day 38                     

                      Yesterday:  Toast Armageddon!  I think I lost my way on Wednesday, and also
                      on so many other days of my recovery that have played out the same
                      way, because I've been doing too much, and I'm able to do whatever I feel
                      like because I had a great surgeon and because, let's face it, my healing pain
                      and recovery kisses are masked so effectively by my pain medications right
                      up to the point where they're NOT! 

                      When you do get to that point of no return, your pain will not be responsive
                      to your pain medications, and all you have left is to accept what you brought
                      on yourself.  My fellow hippies, heed me when I tell you latent evening pain is
                      an evil d--k!  If you don't want to have a mini world of hurt, try to do as I say
                      and not as I do.   

                      Will you please pray/vibes/best wish/remind me not swan about like I'm
                      already healed?  Please help me to know that just because it doesn't hurt
                      now does NOT mean it won't hurt later.

                      Amen

Wednesday
Sleep                11pm - 6:15= 7.5 Hrs + (1pm to 2:30 Wed NAP) 2.5 Hours = 10 Hours of Sleep!!!


Breakfast         1/2 c oats, 1/2 banana, 3 chopped Walnuts, cinnamon, 1 c Skim Milk, & 4oz Cranberry Juice
7:30am

Snack               2 c Authentic Milagro Corn chips and a 1/2 c Herdez Salsa Casera Medium
10:30am          1 Vodka/Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice

Lunch               4 slices of Toast w butter & grape jelly, and 1 c Skim milk

Dinner              1 Hershey Bar and a cup of Skim Milk
5pm                 1 Starburst

Snack               1/2 c Plain Yogurt, 2 TBSP Maple Syrup, 3 crumbled Pecans, & 3/4 c Strawberries

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6:15am             Woke up, showered, groomed, and trekked downstairs.  Pain '7'.

8:30am             I saw Dr. FeelGood, my Pain Management Doctor Appointment, this morning, and then it got interesting.  My pain management doctor, Dr. Feelgood, said that in my case I was like "someone walking around with a gut shot and feels fine, until they bleed out that night"!  Wow.  That image will stay with me.  Dr. Good was not mincing words and said emphatically for me to pull back and only do what my surgeon allowed and no more!


10:30am           Recovery Pod Rest and Snack

11:30am-
1:20pm             NAP TIME!
      
5 - 7pm            Took Pup for a Car Ride, and we went Grocery shopping.  It's a big box
                        store, and I'm sweating in the Recovery Pod & hanging with pup.

[hernanu]

With all props to Leon Haywood, one of the minor deities of disco:

"Don't push it, don't force it
Let it happen naturally
It will surely happen
If it was meant to be"

The wisdom of Disco  8) .

[Two4One]

hernanu, it's perfect, and the Lord knows I need to heed the wisdom of Disco! 8)  Thanks, man!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k2LtzRIDR0 'Don't Push it' Leon Haywood

[hernanu]

I thought this site was for value recovery tips. I am interested in detailed physical therapy tips. Not a daily food menu from some. I am a athlete and know how to eat. I had surgery 3 weeks ago, have started aggressive water therapy, and many other modalities. I believe I am on the wrong site. Stay focused people. It will male your healing go faster. Registering everyday activities is negative for your mind.

I don't know - I guess we're all different. Many of us here are athletes of one stripe or another, both serious and not as much. We all take different paths, some to register daily and others to check in periodically. If you're looking for PT and other tips, we've certainly got advice on that on other threads, from people who (like two4one) were bedridden for years to others who did their last workout the week before the surgery.

We all approach this differently, but all work hard at this. No slackers here. Search the site and find what you value, there is an athlete's thread (where I also touch base) that may suit you better.

[Two4One]

hernanu, I burst out laughing when I read the above quote; I just couldn't help it! :P 

I write about what it's like for me going through recovery, my food issues when I feel knackered, the thrill of being able to do the things I used to take for granted B.O.A.  I like seeing my improvements and also like learning what sets me back, but my favorite thing about Surface Hippy, by far, is learning about other people and their recovery experiences.

I'm sure Snowfall will find the right thread here; there truly are many paths on this site/

2fer

[hernanu]

Cool 2fer, keep it up, "this is how we do it"

[Luanna]

2fer -
Well - there you have it then!!!  :) I'll see if I can't come up with some good physical therapy tips for Snowfall. You stick to the daily food menu 2fer.... LOL

I thought this site was for value recovery tips. I am interested in detailed physical therapy tips. Not a daily food menu from some. I am a athlete and know how to eat. I had surgery 3 weeks ago, have started aggressive water therapy, and many other modalities. I believe I am on the wrong site. Stay focused people. It will male your healing go faster. Registering everyday activities is negative for your mind.

[Two4One]

1.27.12 Friday

Thursday
Sleep     2:30am to 6am = 3 1/2 Hours :(


Breakfast:
8:30        On the Road to PT and in the car: Oatmeal, Banana, 2 chopped Walnuts,
              1 c Skim Milk + 3/4 c Coffee & Cream*

Lunch:                                   
12:30      Frozen Diet Dinner, 1 Drink, 2 Hershey's and 1 1/4 cup Skim Milk

Dinner:    1/2 slice of Flat Bread & a few drops of olive oil, 1 slice smoked
6:45        provolone cheese,  1 slice of honey glazed ham, mixed greens,
              and a thin slice of yellow sweet onion.  Yogurt covered Pretzels for
              desert. (OK, I ate the whole bag! In my defense it was a
              very small 2 cup, maybe 2 1/2 cup bag.


* Unless otherwise stated, all of my meals are eaten sitting in a chair now!
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6am         Awoke and eliminated almost 100% naturally, but for the Docusate. :-[
               You delicate types try to unsee that, OK?

9:10 -      Out Patient PT
10:20

10:20 -    Groomed, Applied Makeup
11am

11:30 -    Dropped Boo at the Groomer, and also my friend.  Visited with her
12:15       and our mutual friend M.

12:15       Ran a quick errand & bought a magazine

12:30       Ate Lunch*

1:30pm    Cleaned Kitchen and Living Room
-3:15

3:25        Recovery Pod Rest.  At 3:40pm - lower back pain 4,
               both hips pain 4.

4:15 -     Picked up Pup & Socialized a few minutes at the groomers,
6:15       grocery shopping, and made dinner

6:40       Recovery Pod to eat dinner and rest

8pm       Home PT

         Prone Ankle Pumps: 3 sets of 12 reps
         Prone Isometric Combo/Gluteal Squeezes/Quad squeezes:
                        3 sets of 12 reps

         Prone Straight Leg Roll Outs (not in):  3 sets of 12 reps
         Prone Bent Knee Rolled Outs (like a 1/2 Butterfly):  3 sets of 12 reps
         Half Bridges Combined with Half Sit ups:  3 sets of 12 reps
         Heel Slides:  3 sets of 12 reps

         Sitting Knee Extensions:  3 sets of 12 reps
         Semi squats on chair stacked with three pillows:  3 set of 8-12 reps.
         Standing Heel Raise:  3 sets of 12 reps
                        Hip Lateral Hip Abduction:  3 sets of 12 reps
                        Standing Knee Flexion:  3 sets of 12 reps

9:30pm             Trekked upstairs for the night.      


STAIR TRIPS:  Allowed 5 Trips per Day = One Trip UP & BACK DOWN AGAIN

AM:       2 Trips Getting Ready for PT
NOON:   1 Trip to gather laundry
LATE     
AFTER            
NOON:   1/2 Trip to wash laundry load
NIGHT:  1/2 Trip to upstairs for the night

[Two4One]

1.28.12 Saturday

Friday
Sleep     10:30 to 7am, (no loo breaks, no interruptions of any kind!), = 8 1/2 Hours!!
Breakfast:
10:20      Oatmeal, Banana, 2 chopped Walnuts, 1 c Skim Milk +
              3/4 c Coffee & Cream

Lunch
1pmish    Stonefire Authentic Flatbreads Tandoori Naan 1/2 slice, 1 Tsp
              Melted Butter, 1 slice Smoked Provolone, Baby Spinach greens,
              Maple Sugared Ham 1 slice, Onion - all grilled into a Panini.
              Green Beans Almondine,1 Vodka/Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice,
              1 Hershey Bar and a glass of Skim Milk*

Snack
3:30       1 cup Plain Yogurt, 2 TBSP Sugar, 4 Large strawberries chopped,
              and 2 pecans finely chopped

*For Lunch pics, see "My Lunch with Boo Boo" in the Photo Section.

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7am       Woke up and groomed for the morning.

Noon      Walked pup 1/2 mile in the snow; I brought my cane for balance I case I was wobbly.

12:30     Visited a friend.

1pm       Prepared and had lunch.

2pm       Recovery Pod Rest

3:10       Prepared Snack

5:15 -
6:15       Home PT

               Prone Ankle Pumps: 3 sets of 12 reps
               Prone Isometric Combo Gluteal Squeezes/Quad squeezes:  3 sets of 12 reps
               Prone Straight Leg Roll Outs (not in):  3 sets of 12 reps
               Prone Bent Knee Rolled Outs (like a 1/2 Butterfly):  3 sets of 12 reps
               Half Bridges Combined with Half Sit ups:  3 sets of 12 reps
               Heel Slides:  3 sets of 12 reps
               Hip Lateral Hip Abduction:  3 sets of 12 reps
               Sitting Knee Extensions:  3 sets of 12 reps
               Semi squats on chair stacked with three pillows:  3 set of 8-12 reps.
               Standing Heel Raise:  3 sets of 12 reps
               Standing Knee Flexion:  3 sets of 12 reps

6:15        Dinner and lost Backgammon to Hubs.  Per my request, we loaded up the
              "White Charger", plus pup, and went for an Ice Cream Drumstick Run!

8:50 -
9:30       Home PT

               Prone Ankle Pumps: 3 sets of 12 reps
               Prone Isometric Combo Gluteal Squeezes/Quad squeezes:  3 sets of 12 reps
               Prone Straight Leg Roll Outs (not in):  3 sets of 12 reps
               Prone Bent Knee Rolled Outs (like a 1/2 Butterfly):  3 sets of 12 reps
               Half Bridges Combined with Half Sit ups:  3 sets of 12 reps
               Heel Slides:  3 sets of 12 reps
               Hip Lateral Hip Abduction:  3 sets of 12 reps
               Sitting Knee Extensions:  3 sets of 12 reps
               Semi squats on chair stacked with three pillows:  3 set of 8-12 reps.
               Standing Heel Raise:  3 sets of 12 reps
               Standing Knee Flexion:  3 sets of 12 reps

9:45        Trek upstairs for the night.

STAIR TRIPS:  Allowed 5 Trips per Day = One Trip UP & BACK DOWN AGAIN
5 Trips Today



                     

[Two4One]

1.29.12 Sunday  Day 41

Regardless of not sleeping, regardless of having the weaning off narcotics 'flu', regardless of not resisting the pull of comfort sweets, and let's face it, regardless of a lot of other things, I don't care; I'm easy in my soul.

You're not half as free to wander as you claim
But I'm easy
I'm easy
Give the word and I'll play your game
So that's how it ought to be
Because I'm easy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KZ8PRWChb8 'I'm Easy' Keith
Carradine in 1975's 'Nashville'

My peace is a gift the Universe/Lord/Serendipity has bestowed upon me, freely accepted, and I Thank You.  Amen.

Friday
Sleep      2am - (3:30 to 3:50am) + 5am = 2 Hours and 40 minutes:(

Late Night
Snack
1:30am  1 cup Plain Yogurt, 2 TBSP Sugar, 4 Large strawberries
             chopped, and 4 pecans finely chopped

Breakfast
10am     In the car on the way to my first church service post op and B.O.A.,
             I had a piece of bread washed down with a few cups of coffee & creamer.

Lunch    Panini - usual trimmings, 1 cup Green Beans Almondine, and 1 Cocktail.
1pm      1 Hershey, 1 Starburst, and 1 c Skim Milk

Dinner   Panini - usual trimmings and a glass of Cranberry Juice
5pm

8pm      'Traditional Medicinals Detox Tea with half a packet of 'Truvia' Stevia     

Snack    Toast: 2 slices with Butter and Grape Jelly, washed down by
8:30      a cup of skim milk

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3:30am  Tapering Fast off Vicodin first, faster than Dr. FeelGood's
              instructions, so, I woke up in a heavy, sweating nausea and
              took a maintenance Vicodin.
             
5am       Woke up.

7 -         Read, wrote correspondence, relaxed with a cup of coffee
10am     Got Ready For my First Church Service since B.O.A.

10:30 -
12:10     Church is normally an hour on the dot, but I had folks to catch up with.
              Plus, I got my picture in the Church Directory, which is a big deal
              because it's one more very large step to reengaging with the World again!

12:30     After a brief Hershey Bar run, I made it home through a white out Blizzard.
             The Red Sled slides again!

2pm       Recovery Pod Rest

4pm-Home PT

               Prone Ankle Pumps: 3 sets of 12 reps
               Prone Isometric Combo Gluteal Squeezes/Quad squeezes:  3 sets of 12 reps
               Prone Straight Leg Roll Outs (not in):  3 sets of 12 reps
               Prone Bent Knee Rolled Outs (like a 1/2 Butterfly):  3 sets of 12 reps
               Half Bridges Combined with Half Sit ups:  3 sets of 12 reps
               Heel Slides:  3 sets of 12 reps
               Hip Lateral Hip Abduction:  3 sets of 12 reps
               Sitting Knee Extensions:  3 sets of 12 reps
               Semi squats on chair stacked with three pillows:  3 set of 8-12 reps.
               Standing Heel Raise:  3 sets of 12 reps
               Standing Knee Flexion:  3 sets of 12 reps

5pm        Made Dinner, did Meal Planning plus Grocery Lists, ate Dinner &
               Played with pup.

6:30        Trekked upstairs for the night, and I'm exhausted.

8pm        Hubs rubbed my feet with this awesome minty foot cream

8:15pm   Hubs brought me a nice cup of Traditional Medicinals Detox Tea

9:30pm   Fell Alseep

11:30pm Woke up and took a bathroom break.

STAIR TRIPS:  Allowed 5 Trips per Day = One Trip UP & BACK DOWN AGAIN
7 Trips Today

[Two4One]

Tuesday, 1.31.12

I've decided to keep on keeping on and telling my narrative, day by day, minutia and all.  Thanks Pat, Bliss, hernanu, and Luanna for chiming in regarding the chapter thingy.

Perhaps you've guessed I can be a bit, well, wordy, in real life; my poor Hubs, the classic introvert, and I are trying something new to address a word count imbalance between us.  I am avoiding speaking to him as much as I possibly can!  Thank goodness, now that I've emerged from the B.O.ATM constriction of house arrest, I have loads of perfect strangers to talk to!  Ha!  (I wish I was kidding, but I'm a raging extrovert, proud and unashamed.)  Of course, I now see my friends and am now able to make new ones.  Alright, to tie up this rather all over the place paragraph, I'm absorbing, exploring, and encountering what I need away from home, and the two of us are happier for it! 

My Hubs has the chance to fill in dead air, if that's what he wants, or not.  As for me, you  already know my predilections, and they are to work my hips so that I can go forth and stride this Earth like the 5'9" Amazon that I am!  Thank you, God, Hippies, People everywhere, my Animal Co Species, Gaia, Dr. Schmitt, The Universe, Serendipity, Chance, and Loki, for EVERYTHING!

Amen.

2fer

bilateralbliss
Newbie
Posts: 20
Re: New Chapters?
« Reply #3 on: Yesterday at 10:55:04 PM »

I like the "New Beginnings", Pat, sounds very positive !!
Rather like Mr McMinn !!

2fer1, will have a think for you, meanwhile as long as you don`t get writer`s block- go with the flow!!
Main point is many can pick out helpful info from you, which is what it`s all about

Bilateral BHR Dr McMinn 6Dec2011 Birmingham
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Two4One
Sr. Member
Posts: 351
Re: New Chapters?
« Reply #4 on: Today at 03:54:28 AM »

Thanks, Bliss,

I will keep it up, but I had concerns my bilateral story was a bit of a saga for a reader to slog through.  All of us Hippies seem to share a childlike sense of wonder and awe at all the little things that are coming back to us.  I, personally, am so immersed in the process of having my body coming back to me, which is especially sweet and intense after a very long night of the soul confined to bed, and a few feet either way was the concrete extent of my world.  It was like being buried alive in a glass coffin where you could see the world through your living room window, all the people moving about their business on the other side of the pane, and I had a few feet of rented hospital bed that I was tethered to. 

Today, during My First Pool PT, I was smiling so hard I thought my face would fall off.  Bliss, I could actually walk in the pool!!  (Whereas for more than 2 1/2 years pre op, I cried in pain while I drove to the pool, and it was the only time I left my bed. I could not take even one step in the water and had to do a backstroke using my arms only, legs dangling uselessly, because that was all I had, so I took it.)

The Universe has seen fit to grant me this blink of mobility back, and I want nothing more than to savor it while it lasts, sucking every last morsel of joy I can before the feast of living a real life comes to it's natural end. 

Main point is many can pick out helpful info from you, which is what it`s all about - Bliss

I very much want that to be true, but I worry that my 'flow' may defeat that purpose by going on and on and on in my bilateral story post; although, for me, that's how my life is - something that happens everyday, just like everyone elses.

2fer

« Last Edit: Today at 03:56:56 AM by Two4One »
Bilateral BHR Dr. Schmitt 12.20.11

"Grateful for my successful outcome and planning for my healthy, active life."
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hernanu
Hero Member
Posts: 1220
Re: New Chapters?
« Reply #5 on: Today at 11:05:08 AM »

Stop worrying about it and just write... We all write to help each other, some answer questions, some post questions, all of us post personal stories; no one can tell what will benefit someone coming in. If anyone wants to look at the daily progress from a bi-hippy, you've done that person a great service. They may never post, just read, but get a good thing from that.

Write, in whatever form - if you decide to change it to something different, go with that. You've done good here.

Hernan, LHR 8/24/2010, RHR 11/29/2010 - Cormet, Dr. Snyder
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Luanna
Sr. Member
Posts: 326
Re: New Chapters?
« Reply #6 on: Today at 12:05:08 PM »

WRITE, write, and MORE write! Let it rip. Don't mess with a good writing formula!!!   

Luanna

RHR 8/30/2011 - Dr. Pritchett - Stryker Trident Metal Shell with X3 Poly Liner acetabular components. S&N BHR femoral component

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[bilateralbliss]

Good for you, us and many others !! :)

[Two4One]

 :D Thank you!  Thank you very much!*  22fer has not left the building.**

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*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsXDlAMTQf0 - Elvis Presley 'Suspicious Minds' 1970
**http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdFXur5OocI "Elvis has left the building." - 1956
   This is the first time this phrase was ever used.