I am a week out from my surgery, and just very thankful to have it behind me, and be on the recovery side of things! No more stressing about if I was making the right decision about timing etc. Dr Gross and all his staff were wonderful, patient and so very organized and knowledgeable, that I knew I was doing the right thing and was in excellent hands. The only difficult part of the actual surgery for me was that the nurse at the hospital could not get my IV started after three painful attempts, someone else came and did it. That got me pretty agitated, for which they offered me some meds, and then being wheeled into surgery is about all I remember. I woke up in recovery, wearing my ice belt, and feeling no pain at all. I was up and walking in the room later that day, still no pain, just a heavy leg feeling. We left the hospital the next day still feeling good, but started to hurt a bit at the hotel. All tolerable, and I guess expected after surgery, the polar ice machine is my new best friend.
I stopped the narcotics after day four, but really think I could use them still at night. I think nights have been hardest for me. My leg and glutes seem to get achy laying in bed, my back begins to hurt at night. I can sleep on my side a bit, but nothing is comfortable for very long. Just from reading posts here, I am hopeful that will get better soon. I’ve just taken it easy this week, icing as much as I can, and inviting friends over to entertain me while I do that, and doing my simple Rehab exercises. My husband has been a huge help and very positive when I have hard moments. I’m lookin forward to week two and walking a bit more, and better nights ahead! Also, I got to remove the bandage today, and the four inch scar looks better than I could have hoped for.
Thank you all for the encouragement and the abundance of information, both before surgery and each day after. This site has been invaluable to me.