"THE STICK

she drives me daft! Keeps visiting us all, all the time!

one of nurses in hospital tol me to stand crutches upside down so they rest on the round arm ring. I don't think anything really works though

Back to the drawing board lol xx

talking of wine, went a ride out with hubbie tonight and I said It was such a nice night I fancied a glass of wine

Car broke down with battery trouble right next door to a pub so whilst we waited for AA man guess what, we sat outside and had a glass of wine

Lovely but I was a bit unsteady on the crutches - usually a gin and tonic girl me !

xx

Delighted with result so far - very small incision , no dislocation of hip during operation and no cutting of muscles

I cannot believe you had to pay all that money to join a forum - you will get everything you could possibly need on this one

I would Google and see what surgeons you come up with - that's how I found out about mine

You are only young and need to get the best outcome for yourself

When do you think you will have your op?

linda xx

a very good private consultant who also works for NHS. I can provide msg you if you are interested in border hopping

i do do a few exercises at the kitchen counter thinking about it. Funnily enough the buttock squeeze is one of my least favourite, never realised how much it would hurt!!!!! 

Have a good day yoursef

carol😃😃😃x

a video would be great and also of how we manage the toilet in the beginning ... for our eyes only though  ... 

be careful today and mind where you are going .... it will be a full moon - 

big hug

enjoy the sun

mic

x

Keep the stick handy, it's quite a comfort except when you can't find the bloody thing!😂😂😂😂😂

hope your getting some sleep tonight and are comfy in your chosen place

i think hot chocolate for me and off to bed. Hoping for another four hours tonight. What a treat

night

Carol

Hope you are having a restful night

Just having one of my 'open all hours' sessions.

talking of the vino, hubbie and myself been to my son's step daughters 18th little celebration tonight and I am not a wine drinker normally, but had a few glasses of bubbly and felt great

Feel like I've been given a new pain free lease of life and going to enjoy every minute of it!

Hope you're feeling good too

Soon be tomorrow !

Warm wishes Linda!!

i have been really enjoying an hours afternoon nap  at about three pm. I usually sleep for an hour.  Given me a bit of energy towards making dinner. Watch a bit of Wimbledon before my little tipple to keep me going

so glad you got out and had a good time.  Well done you. We're you completely pain free?  

The dressing is off and was surprised to find prickly stitches as I thought it would be disolvable or glue. I never discussed how they would close the wound.  

I thought I might rub the scar with bio oil or e45 cream   Bit tender to the touch though.

i hope wherever you are, (where is that by the way)? That's the thing with the Internet you could be anywhere! , anyway wherever  I hope you are pain free. I know sometimes i wonder if i will ever get there, yet I know I will. It's all better every day the trouble is I can see so much that WANs doing and I know I can't do it   We've been building a house and there is still lots of finishing touches that need doing.  

Ive got myself a jigsaw   Haven't done one for years. Trouble is I can't get comfy at the table, but I'm sure it won't be long before I can I will be content with exercise, walk dog, rest, chat to you lot, make lunch. Exercise whilst making lunch take the dog, read, nap, Wimbledon make dinner watch rubbish on the tv cos there's nothing on. We installed new internet connected TVs only to find we don't have enought signal to run them. Long long story................

lim waffling

hope this finds you in good spirits

Carol x

my scar feels funny too - dead skin eventhough it feels like burning and some stabbing sensation underneath ... rubbing bio oil on it too - 

may you have many content moments today ....big hug

renee

wine sounds a good idea - I posted earlier hot chocolate and Amarula liquer was good, but this sounds equally fine!

seems so long ago my crutch slipping on wet tiles in the kitchen, and that was scary like christine's experience. just to say the time does go fast, and in no time you'll be throwing the crutches back to the hospital with glee.

have alovely and hot day, and hope Heather Watson and English Footie women wins!

Mic

x

Already hot hot hot here in  kent!!

wouldnt want to be playing at Wimbledon today

hope you have a good day too

carol xx

I can certainly identify with it never being where I need it and now leave one by the back door, I have also got a left and right pacerpole, they are for walkers and designed by a physio in the lake district, very light and strong as they are made from carbon fiber (like formula 1 cars). I have an assortment of animals including horses so have to check the fields/fences daily and the pacerpoles are excellent.

I have found many uses for the “stick”, it is great for poking unwanted rivals that appear in my garden to stalk my old cat or the wildlife, retrieving balls from the hedge or under the sofa and pushing plant pots around. However its greatest asset is protecting me and one of my girls (who is in season) from my 35kg, 8 month old pup who is a rampant bundle of testosterone !!!! He also got half a dozen fresh eggs yesterday, ate the eggs, shells and the box but left the kitchen floor yucky and slippy! Not the ideal time to be training a pup but then we did not know I would be involved in an accident.

 Looking forward to not needing a stick but in a strange way it has become a bit of a friend. Hope your all making the most of the sunshine, big hugs, Dot.

Sounds like you are being very pragmatic and you made me laugh! And it sounds like you have got your hands full too....

I've got similar poles and yes very helpful. I got some advice on how to use them best which wasn't that obvious.

Your pup sounds great fun...does he lick you and try to get into your lap?

Have a nice day in the heat

Mic

X

How are things going today for you?

Have you tried E45 on scar -seems to work for me although I am going to try some Bio oil.

Don't worry that you will never get there because you will- we have all had major ops and are impatient to get well

Have to remind ourselves of this and just take it easy and let our bodies heal

slowly

I am 3 weeks post op and can tell how different I feel from just 10 days ago

Exercises are so much easier to do, walking further each day and getting out and about more with hubbie, doing more around the house and some cooking. No pain meds during day now

Night times still the worst time, but we will all get there

I live in North Warks near Nuneaton - how about you?

weather glorious although we did have a little thunderstorm a while ago

Enjoy your day and chill!

Best wishes Linda xx

im doing ok today thank you.

Husband popped me up garden centre and we had a bit of lunch. Took the wheelchair which was great. My mum in law will not be seen in one, but for me I thoroughly enjoyed being pushed around with no effort!!  Walked until  I had had enough then got back in chair.  I fancy  Being pushed along the sea front next!  

Just done something stupid. Tried getting up with just one arm, we have wooden floors and the bad leg slipped sideways and I now have a sharp pain in my groin.   Two hands next time!!  

Time to sit and watch Wimbledon I think and keep out of trouble

i agree with you I feel slightly better every day. Keep forgetting the dreaded stick cos I feel better and then need it

Do you still have a lie down sometimes in the afternoon?  

Whilst out we popped into the chemist and I bought some bio oil. Give it a go. 

Still relying on daytime pain killers.

its so hot here watching tv with the fan on next to me.

I live in glorious kent about a few miles from junction 4 of the M25

what you been up to??

all the best

carol xx

i live on a farm. We have only rough ground so the pacer poles sound quite a good idea, just for stability rather than support. 

My old dad had 3 hip replacements in his time, I i can see him now  with his stick, pointing prodding etc, but it's just what I'm doing now. I've thought about him more in the last 2 weeks, because of the "stick" than I have all year. 

What was your accident?  

Take care

Carol xxx

Nice to hear your news!

I have had an easy day today - yesterday did not stop all day but no energy today so just taking it easy.

I work from home so can just do a bit of work on computer when I feel like it

I must get hubbie to take me to garden centre - we have one just up the road from where we live

Pre op, I took the grandkids and they found some wheelchairs on the way out. They begged me to let them push me round and I said Oooh no, I'm not ready for that yet! Well I am now 'cos I've got an excuse and they do lovely afternoon teas!

You be careful with that leg of yours, it's so easy to jolt yourself. Hubbie was driving me the other day and he went up the kerb. It really hurts doesn't it when you jarr your leg. It reminds me of being driven around when heavily pregnant - I can still remember any little bump in the road and it went right through you - God, that's a long time ago!

Yes, I have a lie down whenever I feel like it, usually lunchtime onwards,

but it could be anytime - I'm making the most of this 'downtime' as I a work full time and am always so busy. I think we deserve it don't you?

Weather lovely here today - had a bit of a thunderstorm this morning but soon cleared up.

Just off for a walk down our very long drive - I must get a pedometer to check my mileage. Not doing quite as many exercises as I should but love the walking - it's good for all your muscle groups anyway!

Well, wonder what tonight will bring - cannot sleep for more than 2 hrs then wide awake with nagging back ache which goes as soon as I get up and walk around.

Only taking co codamol at night now, but having said that, just got up from my lie down and back was niggling so took 2 paracetamol - pointless suffering it!

Hope you have a good night - have a chat with me if you are awake!

Glad you are feeling a little better every day - are you using crutches. I am on one round the house and have tried a few steps without, but feel as if I am limping so obviously not ready yet. Nothing like the dreadful drunk limp I had pre op though.

Enjoy the rest of your evening

Kind regards Linda xx

good to hear from you too. 

How ow old are your grandchildren?  

I havnt  had a lie down today so feeling a little tired. I hope it will make me sleep better, but it doesn't seem to work like that.  

Hope we we might have a thunderstorm here as it is so close. And the courgettes and beans could do with some water. It's frustrating when I can't just go and water them. Not used doing not a lot! 

I might take take you up on a chat later, I never know what the night will bring

i use one stick. They took me from zimmer to two sticks I never had crutches! I do forget the stick sometimes, accidentally and then panic. I had a dreadful limp  pre op I think limping is also a bad habit, as is my foot that turns outwards. 

Take care

speak soon

best wishes Carol xx😄😄

sounds good to me!

Maybe chat later

Linda xx

Pare you sure you are boss or does he just let you think you are? 

hows your day been?. I am trying to go to bed a little earlier than usual as I didn't get a nap today. I am really tired tonight but half afraid to retire. 

No, positive thinking I am going to have a good night 

hope you do

be comfortable 

carol x

OMG HE IS Enormous!

And lovely...want him!

Mic

X

everything hurts. Want to curl up into a ball and go to sleep! 

I know it will pass.  I think of all the little muscles knitting themselves. 

Jou st thought I would see what you were up too. I hope you are fast asleep and don't wake until 6am. 

Best wishes

carol x

You awake too?   I haven't been to sleep yet - just cannot settle at all.

Hope you enjoyed your fish pie. I have just done my Sainsbury's shop online and ordered a fish pie as you set me off thinking about it. Pre op we used to go into Sainsbury's for one of a lunch time.

Have grandchildren to stay on a Wednesday - their dad lives with us at the moment. He's getting married in October-been with us 5 years following relationship break up.

i can hear them fidgeting around in bed. It's a lot cooler now but still seems close and muggy.

You asked about grandchildren- I have three - twin boys age12 and a 14 year old boy. Just twins here tonight as eldest has to do early morning paper round near his home.

Think  I will go and make some hot chocolate and watch the Syndicate on iPlayer from earlier tonight

 I have normally had an hours sleep by now - haven't taken my co coda mol and my neck and shoulders ache- oh I hate this lying on your back business.

I really miss not being able to drive. I am always off somewhere - feel like a prisoner in my own home!

Hubbie working hard to help cover for me in my job and having to look after my 91 year old mum as I can't so he's really tired when he gets in.

We live in an isolated cottage so nowhere to walk to - getting hair done next week so back into civilisation

Don't mind really - the rest is nice

Hope you nod off soon

Regards Linda xx

yes I'm here. I've been to bed twice in the chair and like you I can't settle. 

I have walking legs as well. Do you find the exercises give you cramp sometimes?

the fish pie was lovely, nice and easy, and easy to eat if you know what I mean. My appetite is not great, but I snack. And have become addicted to hot chocolate. I have put on half a stone since coming home. No exercise doesn't help. 

I am going to try Online tesco shopping. Never done it. Poor hubby has to do that as well. He never shops. We also have mum-in law to take care of on a daily basis, which of course I used to do. Dad died last year so have my 86 yr old mum who is just down the road. Looking after herself ok at the moment 

no driving!!! I know what you mean. I do not like being dependent on other people

on a good note I am going to a birthday gathering  I have seven friends from school and we still all get together a couple of times a year. This is a special year though as we are all 60

i put thick cushion between my legs tonight and had about three minutes in my side. Oh how I wish I could have stayed there, but I was too scared of doing damage.

i live on a farm so no smooth walking area anywhere, so I always take two sticks with me

hope you are comfy somwhere 

Carol

Good to chat

still trying, will get there in the end

carol

I just cannot settle at all - just painted my nails and watched the Syndicate.Now what?

Will be knackered in the morning!

Your 60th birthday bash sounds good - something nice to look forward to

Online shopping is great -you can get some cash off with your first online order at Tesco and most of the other stores. Ordered my Bio Oil from Sainsburys tonight

Well I am going to read for a bit now and hope to drop off 

Hope you do too

Chat soon

Linda xx🙋💤💤

Am I close?

💛 Dawn, USA

England were quite classy but lost to an own goal in last 10 seconds of match

did sleep after!

mic

x

Yes, my hubbie watched the football - such a shame about that goal. Glad you managed to nod off. I never slept a wink last night - just couldn't settle down, don't know why. Will be having a kip this afternoon to catch up!

Have a good day - not so hot here in North Warks as it was yesterday

Linda xx