I am 5 days post op and feeling pretty good overall. I think the last few days have been a little rougher (the trauma of surgery catching up with me?) and I don't feel all that great (tired, a little feverish and bruised and swollen).
BUT the pain is not bad - sooooo much better than the pain I'd been dealing with for the past year and walking with one crutch already feels better than walking before !
I had some extra presurgery drama to an abnormal EKG in my physical. I was found to have a prolonged QT interval (which can cause arrhythmias and sudden cardiac events). I ended up having a full workup at a cardiologist and he cleared me for the surgery with the caveat that I had to avoid any medications that could lengthen the interval - including any anti-emetics and many meds used during surgery. I know that restriction put Dr Gross and the anesthesiologist through their paces! But the surgery went well - I ended up needing some bone grafts due to cysts and apparently had dysplasia as well. I am so grateful that Dr Gross doesn't turn away small women or complicated surgeries! And I was very fortunate that I didn't have nausea with the pain meds - there wasn't much I would have been able to take for that. I actually took my la
st narcotic on day 3... Honestly, the worst part of the recovery for me so far was day 3 and the medication induced side effect of constipation That and yucky impact of not sleeping very well. (I only woke up once last night - yay!)
I am cautiously optimistic that I will be running and rock climbing again in 6 months
and I just wanted to share my storyWarmest wishes to all the surface hippies and surface hippy wannabes!MaureenR HR Dr Gross - 3/12/18