First Walk

Congratulations on getting it done...and making the first lap of your bed !

You know deep down it will get better and easier with time, at the moment it is at it's worst. It may not be a steady progression, some days it will be more painful, but week by week it'll improve and in a short time you will be pleased it's all done and dustied.

KEEP THE FAITH, take care.

Mark

Hi Hailea

Sorry to hear you are in so much pain and hope you are soon feeling better.

Your body has been through much trauma in the last few months, so it will take a little while to recover. You can do it Hailea, by taking small steps to a new life. Derek said what kept him positive was that he kept thinking of how much better he would be in 12 months time.

All our best wishes for a swift recovery, we are routing for you.

Hazel

Hi Hailea

Funny enough l am due to get my right done soon my left one went smoothly and my recovery was really fast. When l seen my surgeon last night he told me that the this operation would be totally diffrent from the left one as its a diffrent leg. He referred to one being peter and one being paul and they would behave diffrently. I might have more pain or less l might be sick my recovery might be diffrent.

So i guess this is what you are going through. Jang in there it will get better although it might be harder this time.

Hope you feel better soon

Laura x

Hailea,

So good to hear you putting a positive slant on your status.

As you say, no two are the same, just what I found out with mine, even though mine were both the same leg.

Sounds like your surgeon is very good and understands you better than anyone else possibly could.

Hope you are more comfortable on the 15mg Oramorph,

Best wishes

Graham

So sorry about all of your intense pain. They definitely should be able to give whatever you need to quiet that pain while you are in the hospital. I'm sure you are letting them know how awful it is. All the best to you!

May this time pass quickly. Those first few weeks are the worst, aren't they!

Hope you're more comfortable soon Hailea. Your body has been through so much trauma; I think you are doing well keeping your spirits positive.

Every hour that passed brings you closer to your goal of getting a pain free life back.

Best wishes

TJ x

At least the op is over, Hailea. That first few days was rough for me too.

I admire all the people who need to get the second one done. I have just had a neck xray as I think that will be the next place the OA Monster will bite this little chicken! Grrr. Think I put a lot of strain on my neck and shoulder because of  using crutch/stick on that unoperated side.

Sweet dreams in between your doses of pain relief.

Night night Hailea.

Shirley

It will get better. I had a searing pain in my op leg every time I stood or walked for the first few days (except for a little while when pain meds kicked in). Just rest and make sure you don't overdo it for the next few weeks. We're all keen mentally to get ourselves back into shape after surgery, but it takes time and can end up taking longer if we push too hard.

hi Hailea,

how are you doing today. ..

thinking. you

Big warm hug

Renee ❤

Hope this morning finds you feeling better, a lot better if possible, or a little better if that's what your'e given. I understand the disappointment but we have to trust things will sort themselves out. My pain is worse this second time too.

Hi everyone

to be honest I really don't know where to start. 

first of all the pain was bearable after they changed my meds. The problem is that the meds just make you sleep all the time so you don't feel the pain. So for the last two days from starting theses meds I have had nothing to eat  and very little to drink because I am asleep. I am really disappointed with my care. I havnt had a full wash since I had my shower the day of my op. No one has had time to do anything. I know I am in pain because the meds are not given to me on time and only when the nurses decide to do the drug rounds. I have / had a system I had an alarm on my phone for every med I was taking and it kept me out of pain.  You literally got to beg and the answer you get is she will be here soon the trolley is going round now. Your still waiting over an hour later

i have an agency nurse on tonight. I asked for a pan to go to the loo she spilt some of the contents on my bed shrugged her shoulders and walked away leaving me in a wet bed I  had no tissue left of my own till other 1/2 brings some today. so I asked if my bed was going to be changed or if not for some hand towels and was brought wet wipes and dry wipes so as I am laying in bed I have no way of getting out of the wet patch. The dry wipes soak up nothing. I am so miserable. I feel dirty sweaty sore and cold. I can't put my blanket over me because it will start to smell like I do and I don't want that.  They have moved my bedside locker away so when they shut the curtains anyone can go look through it. They took me out of my room and put me on a 6 bed ward with 5 women I can't relate too. One of them is so nosey she even picked stuff off my bedside table to look at without asking.  My bedsid cabin ate is on the other side of my curtains when they close them so I can't keep an eye on my stuff. 

I am am with people I just don't want to be with because I am a very private person. 

I cant wait for my other 1/2 to get here later and sort all this out he isn't going to be happy. I am  really suffering and no one here is listening. 

Sorry for for being such a grouch but I am really upset at the way I am being cared for.  I am scared I may end up with an infection if I am not careful. 

Other 1/2 said that he is keeping all my texts and he is putting a complaint in. This can't carry on. He had a meeting with the ward manager and he said if I keep getting treated like I am. He is going to demand. I either get put in a private hospital where my surgeon has a clinic or he will take me home. Once he left things started happening. I got taken to the loo instead of being forced on to a very uncomfortable pan which I have in the last few days been left to sit on for over 1/2 hour even though I pressed the buzzer. I have been taken to a shower had my hair washed my ted stockings removed for the first time since my op and legs and feet washed new stockings put on once legs were totally dry.  Manager did most of this so she knew it had been done. She tried to sit me in the chair next to my bed. But as I have kept telling them I can't sit in it because it is too narrow so another chair is coming I will be able to sit in without a risk of damage to my op site. 

The meds probably won't change but I am going to get my me chart later and ask when my meds are due so I can buzz them when my alarms go off and I won't take no for an answer. 

Hope we fully this will continue. For the foreseeable  future  still not happy but that Igetting be excuse I am so tired from the meds. 

Hailea x