NOVEMBER 30, 2010

okay, Now!
finally took the compression stockings off today and it took me 15 minutes to exfoliate and 20 more minutes to pretty much bathe in lotion, and we ain't there yet!  as sadya says,... this will definitely be a WORK in PROGRESS! LOL i added lotion this evening and i am STILL FLAKING! :-) 
i thought that maybe with winter coming i would miss the stockings (warmth), but it ain't happening yet!
 now im trying to get my mom ready for her hip replacement!
i keep telling ma that this will make it so she can lift her right leg, and she just sighs and says that she is tired of it all!  anyway i think she has forgotten what it feels like to not feel that bone on bone pain.  i know for me, i still have trouble believing that that pain isn't coming back to that hip! it is AMAZING!

anyway, with gammies surgery days away, i am answering phone calls from the dmc and warren and blair and susan are doin the grunt work (finally).  anyway, between that and sadya going to school in toronto in january, i've got enough on my plate to where physio is a welome escape! LOL is this a case of identifying with the enemy? LOL anyway, more tomorrow.
i realize that legitimate blogs are a lot longer, but i just wanted to document the process and my memory is VERY VERY GOOD!  it's just VERY VERY SHORT!    i'll probably add and edit later.

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

DAY 16

okay, so, it's been three weeks and 2 days and i feel pretty good.  the TED stockings are driving me crazy.  they come off next tuesday and i CANNOT WAIT!  i can't use lotion during the time i have to wear them, which is a month, they are supposed to be on all the time, (which means you take them off, try to exfoliate your legs) and put the other pair on. ) no lotion, in november.... can you imagine what the skin on my legs looks like?  well don't try, cause it ain't pretty! 

its not snowing outside, but my legs are in the middle of an avalanche! flaky skin everywhere!

physio says i'm doing real well, and am trying to put more and more weight on the leg for longer and longer periods of time...  incision sight itches and i'm keeping polysporin cream on it. 

sadya and i went to the grocery store yesterday and i finally used the in-store cart and got to park in a handicapped spot.  the cart is pretty cool, once you get the hang of it.  i won't cringe anymore at the thought of going to the grocery store anymore.  i only ran over 1 display (while i was getting the hang of the cart) and there was no glass involved...just about 40 magazines! LOL

so today at physio, i'm standing there against the wall doing my torturous exercises, and somebody says,  "JAN?"  so i looked next to me and it was an old baseball buddy of jrs, who i thought was in oshawa but apparently moved back to windsor!  anyway, i asked what he was in for and he said he broke his hip! i said, "how did you do that?" and he said...." changing a light bulb." 
i told him he was going to need a better story than that... was he at least on a ladder?  "Nope" he said,  "i was on a computer chair." 
i told him i couldn't even try to spin that in any direction!  i told him if i were him i'd go with fell down the well while being chased by a bear!

DAY 17

haven't written in a few days... been busy with physio therapy (otherwise known as my torture session). actually it is going very well, but after doing the set of 5 and 6 exercises twice a day,  at the end of the week, which is now, my hip is some kind of sore!  but it's the good sore i used to get after a serious master dance class or roller skating through two sessions at the roller rink!  the whole no pain no gain thing. 

and still, the pain is nothing comparatively speaking.  the second set of exercises that i do at home, i can split up to not get so tired.  but i refuse to slack off even the tiniest bit.  this is serious.  i want my mobility back to the way it was 10 years ago.  and i am determined to get it.

my mom goes to the doctor in the Michigan today to find out what can be done for her hip.  pray for good news!  I'll post as soon as i know!

DAY 13

well, i went to physio today... 5 used to be regarded as little exercises... liked to killed me!  my hip was PEEELENTY tired in like a half hour!  this is gonna be work, i tells ya!  all good, but because the left hip has been compromised for a few years, it's gonna take some work to bring it back to where it originally was and then make it good enough to support the other one when i'ts done.... i definitely have my work cut out for me!  3 times a week for roughly 16-17 weeks!  gotta hit it like rambo...but now.... nap time! LOL  and after jann goes home on wednesday,  the help is gone, so i have to get back into some sort of swing cause i can't put it all on sadya.. she's got enough on her plate already.  so, time to turn into a ninja! HIYA!

DAY 12-SUnday

okay, i missed yesterday,  but jann came down and she'll be here for a few days... weather has been beautiful, but i think the good stuff is over.  rain and cold and snow are forecast.  trying to get a rolling walker, but don't want to spend the money.  maybe i'll just deal with one crutch in stead.  i'll try that today.  more later, maybe...

DAY10

well, it's day 10, i've got the formula for regularity, and it's killing me trying not to do stuff!  i have to talk to myself ALL DAY LONG!  "don't reach for that~" "don't pick that up!"  "MOVE YOUR ASS MONSTER" ( well, that ones not for me) but if also keep telling myself, if this is as bad as it gets... this ain't nuthin!  i would really, REALLY like to sleep on my left side though, but i'm sure that's mostly cause i can't.  it's like when they want to take blood and they say," Don't eat anything after midnight."  it sounds good on paper, and i normally don't eat anything after about 7:00 PM anyway, but tell me that, and I am STARVING from around 8:00 on!  i have to take my self to bed to stop eating stuff i don't even want, just cause it's there!
i remember once in oldcastle when the kids were little, a water main broke and they shut off the water for a few hours... who got the trots, and had a bursting bladder the entire time?  not the kids... they were fine.  only ME! 

DAY 9

well, i need to switch to a walker with wheels, cause this one is definitely slowing me up!  blair and susan came over today and david and janet yesterday, christine is coming over on saturday.  i am able to put quite a bit of weight on the leg now, but not enough to walk without some aid of some kind., but it is feeleing better everyday.  i don't think i'm doing miraculously, but when i compare the pain with the 4 c-sections and the hysterectomy, this just ain't that bad.  as i've been saying the hardest thing of all is that damn potty chair and trying not to break the 90 degree angle.  if anything is going to do me in, meaning drive me crazy, it will be those two things!

so i guess, all in all, i ain't go it too bad. 

bandage comes off

okay, this is day 8 and time for the bandage to come off.   not too bad, looks like an upside down capital L.  kind of scabby, i put some polysporin cream on it to speed in healing.  doesn't feel too bad.  walker and crutches slowing me down! need a walker with wheels.  will work on that tomorrow.  found out when david and janet came over that the bottle of so called vodka jrs uncle waynard gave him is actually olive oil!  interesting, huh?  i think so too.  anyway, lyric lost her mind and shashu has had it.  she keeps messing her pants and she was potty trained up until a few days before she came down! we'll figure it out.. all will work out.

NEW HIPS ALL AROUND!

well, it looks like my mom will have her bad hip done this month too! she goes back to the doctor on the 19th ad should have a less invasive procedure before the month is over!  we'll both take the winter to recuperate and then be done by summer! don't know details of gammies yet, but we;ll find out on the 19th.  in other news...

the lift works and my brother took her to the doctor with the lift instead of two pieces of wood and navigating down the front steps!  progress!  of course, now that we'll both be better, perhaps in the spring jr can make it a motorcycle lift for his bike! more later...

home again, home again, riggedy jig!

okay, so i got home yesterday and am still trying to get organized today.  the medicine, or course makes me constipated, of course we are out of yogurt, of course sitting on a high toilet seat with your feet dangling like a little kid gets on my nerves, of course, monster (the dog) is so confused i have to tap him (hard) at least 8-10 times to get him to move his 150 lb ass out of my way,and if course, with two cripples in the house, sadya and jr are being run ragged! 

However, i must say, i am much more relaxed, sleeping better, and refuse to worry about anything else that i can't do anything about anyway!  i know we sound like a sit-com, but it is somehow working to some degree! LOL 

now tomorrow, shashu  and lyric get picked up at the train station, sadya has to go to the grocery store, and then to work, and i think i will just chill, nap, medicate and fb!  okay, i'm suffieciently groggy so i'm gonna check out for a while, but could be back later.... one never knows!

Yesterday... no bueno... tooday... bueno!

okay, so the surgery goes off without a hitch!  but they can't decide on effective pain medication cause i'm allergic to morphine.  so first they start me on a pump of demerol, but for it to be any where neart effective, i have to push the pump every 8 minutes!  now if I happen to doze off, then i won't have pushed the button for the next chance.  so i was  always chasing the pain instead of being on top of it!  so then, later in the evening, they  started giving me shots of daludid (?)  and another shot and tylenol, and i caught up at last.  this am i was in control of the pain and walked to the bathroom (i hate bedpans) and walked down the hall and around my room.  anyway, more tomorrow, when i have it for more time, (I hope) i never had a cathater, got the i.v. out this am, so i'm good to go if i could just poop! i've had one laxative and still nothing!  but i'm working on it!

pre-surgery nervous breakdown

So, i had everything all packed, everything as organized as i could get it, went to bed last night and suddenly, around 2:30 am, i woke up and couldn't get  back to sleep.  got all nervous like i had just heard i needed surgery!  had a mild panic attack and have been trying to keep busy all day to take my mind off it.  i've already removed 35 of my 36 bangles ( kept the heavy one on so my arm doesn't fly around) removed all 4 pairs of earrings, my necklace, ring and nose pin!  i can't eat past midnight so i thought i would cram my face with goodies until then, but my heart's just not in it!   then sadya had a crisis ( couldn't print out her Harry Potter tickets cause i was out of color ink), got that taken care of and now dinner is over, i've got everything by the door... do i just go to bed and try to get some sleep or stay up and keep repacking until i finally leave something out of the bag that is crucial?  i think i'll jjust play some facebook games until i get sleepy! keep you posted!

November 1, 2010 tomorrow is the day!

okay, tomorrow is the day.  i've been fine up to this point, and all of a sudden in the middle of the night last night, i went into panic mode... didn't sleep worth a crap and am nervous today... trying to keep busy, and calm down...it will all be fine...