DECEMBER 20, 2010

i know, it's been a while.   been busy, had a snow storm last week, and didn't make to physio at all.  instead i did it at home and went up and down the basement stairs a few times a day.  14 steps.  thought i was doing good, but found out today when i went back to physio that i should have done the stairs, maybe twice  a day, not 3 or 4 times... and i wondered why i was sore last week!  i fell over the dog, today, and for once, it was not his fault!  i knew where he was, had walked past him already this morning, and  on the way this time, i looked out the window to see if the recycle bins were out there, and completely forgot that he was in the same place he had been in for hours!  tripped up, of course it was the bad leg ( the one not yet replaced) and couldn't lift it over him and fell with a serious thud!  at least i thought it was a serious thud, but neither gammie nor sadya woke up!  luckily i was able to fall on my right side, and it took me at least 15 minutes to gather myself and get up off the floor.  after apologizing to monster (the dog) i went on about my business. 

i did mention it at physio, and was told that i should really feel it in the morning... great! i go for my check-up with the orthopedic surgeon tomorrow morning.  i was planning on driving myself until i heard that we are supposed to get 1-3 inches of snow in the early morning hours.  I'm hoping Jr can drive me, but he will probably have to work... anyway,  i' hoping to get the okay to drive and maybe break the 90 degree angle (which i have to do every day to put some socks on) on a regular basis... i also want to establish the date of the other hip surgery and stuff like that.  anyway, i have to be there at 8:10 am, so that combined with the eclipse, = little to no sleep!  but that's alright... i still have 2 weeks with sadya home, so I'll just nap a little! HA!  and put the turkey breasts and legs in the crock pot and dinner will be done!  more later,

oh yeah, me

so okay, i'm doint great, by the way, but i have this stinging along the incision....and it is very random!  anytime i get comfortable i get this stinging that feels like bees stinging me and it stops when it wants to!  physio therapist tells me that is the nerves meshing together and it should be over soon!  other than that, it's great! more later...

stuff

okay, so i haven't been here in a little while.  what you've missed is sadya getting into baking school in toronto beginning January 6.... and gammies surgery getting postponed cause the doctor got sick!  the depression was heavy!  and i don't just mean gammies..... when they called to cancel, i started to ask... "Don't you have a substitute?"  only cause i wanted a slight break! anyway, then we thought it was december 17, cause that was on of the open dates in the beginning, but sickness backed everything up, and now the surgery is on janary 7th!  at least she has some pain medication so she is in better spirits...now the problem will be that warren is scheduled to be out of town the first of the year and so is blair!  i can't do it, i will have just been cleared to drive, let alone handle a wheelchair and assist her into and out of the car!    i'm  sure we'll work it out, but i don't have too much sympathy when i haven't had a vacation since 2007!  let's hope for the best!

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Okay, the stockings are off, and i DO NOT miss them at all! it has turned cold and windy, and Gammies surgery is tomorrow at the DMC.  i'm helping her pack her little bag, and i'll get back to you tomorrow!

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!