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Post op update day 7

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mark_s
mark_s

Hi all, firstly thank you all for your continued encouragement, support and advice.

After the walk in the park on Monday I realised I had pushed a little to hard. Walking for 1/2 hour was too much too soon for my first walk but you live and learn. I had a nightmare sleep that evening and Tuesday was in a lot of pain down my thigh and in the joint.

i didn't sleep too well last night either but the thigh is loosening up now and the joint pain has faded.

i managed to walk around the house and garden before for about 10 mins using 1 crutch, it's not gonna be all the time I just thought I would try it. 

Hopefully I will get through this second week ok and then kick on from there.

Good luck to all pre and post hippies,

Regards,

Mark

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  • sassybees
    sassybees mark_s

    Posted

    Hi mark. I hsd physio today as nd thought i was ready for the one crutch. No. Im 12 days post op. The physio said give it another week with 2. Start occasionally using one. Like making a cuppa or stirring a pot. Def use 2 outside don't rush it mark. Ive heard of too many people thinking they are okay and have fallen.
  • mic71403
    mic71403 mark_s

    Posted

    Hi Mark

    sounds like rest then try again.....that worked for me. Plus paracetemol tabs and red wine! your next half hour walk will be much easier!

    Cheers

    mic

  • ali2301
    ali2301 mark_s

    Posted

    Hi mark,

    It's all too easy to throw caution to the wind when we are doing well but if you think about what you have been through, and the mess that there still is inside the well healing wound, it's not surprising that our bodies give us a little kick sometimes to make us apply the brakes a bit.

    10 mins around the house and garden sound great and I would limit yourself to that, every so often, for the next day or so at least, until the pain has worn off again then maybe try upping it to about 15mins each stint. Half an hour was maybe a bit optimistic but I know how much we all want to be recovered and back to normal. That will come, but for now, little and often is the way. Patience is something not a lot of us humans are endowed with in the fast paced lives of today but this is one time you need to find some from somewhere, otherwise you could have the opposite effect of what you want and make your recovery take longer than it needs to.

    I hope you feel well again and start sleeping again soon. Sleep is paramount to our recovery and even if you need to nap during the day it doesn't matter as long as you are getting a good few hours sleep each day.

    Take care and no wild parties. Ok? 😉

    Ali xx

    • Jodi-France
      Jodi-France supercargo

      Posted

      Ali put it very kindly when she said half an hour was a bit optimistic. I never even went outside until week 4, but I had iliopsoas tendonitis so I had to wait for that to heal. But even without that I would not have been able to do a half an hour walk.

      What will happen is, typically, you will progress a little bit, progress is very slow in the beginning. About week 3 to 3 1/2 you will be a lot better and amazingly at week 4 you are going to be a WHOLE lot better.

      See the thing is they cut you, exercizing or not exercizing does not make those wounds heal faster, it just takes a certain amount of time for your body to knit itself together again. This knitting back together seems to be *almost* complete in week four which is why you will suddenly feel a whole lot better in week 4.

      I didn't do anything until week 3 1/2 and week 4 and then in literally a matter of days, within five days I went from using a zimmer/walker to two crutches, to one crutch to NO crutch. I made that entire transition in 5 days, because my body was healed up and it was ready.

      I wish you the VERY best recovery. You will be feeling pretty great around week 4 to 5, unil then do not be discourages with slow progress.

  • maggie93798
    maggie93798 mark_s

    Posted

    I found that little and often worked for me, but then every couple of days I raised the odds, so that the little built up to a lot fairly slowly. Worked for me but we are all different
  • Kleyr277
    Kleyr277 mark_s

    Posted

    Hi mark! Just new in the hippie group smile..i thought we have in the same phase..it's my 6th day..how are you feeling..
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