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vanessa88276
vanessa88276

I home :-) pain under control and I'm in my bed:-) oh yes bliss xx was going to watch footie but don't have the energy lol hopefully I will be watching england play Monday lol x thank you for all your kind words sleep time now :-) good luck to whoever s going in for surgery soon and speedy recovery to all hippies :-) xx

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  • Chloeparrot
    Chloeparrot vanessa88276

    Posted

    Hi Vanessa I know it's good to get home and to your own bed. Don't worry about being tired, it will pass. It took me about a week before I stopped wanting to fall asleep every 5 minutes, though I'm sure it varies from person to person.

    I'm now 9 days post op and 7 days at home and I still have the attention span of a gnat. I find concentrating on anything a sure fire way of being asleep within 10 minutes.

    This is an excellent forum for getting answers about stuff that the professionals don't mention - so ask away. You'll usually find someone has an idea or suggestion.

    Good luck and a speedy recovery.

  • renee01952
    renee01952 vanessa88276

    Posted

    hi Vanessa,

    welcome home, darling. ..

    football game was boring, except for the one goal ...I hope I didn't offend anyone. ..

    wishing you a good night with hours of uninterrupted sleep

    big warm hug

    Renee ??

  • noplaybarbie
    noplaybarbie vanessa88276

    Posted

    Thanks Vanessa, and wishing you a speedy recovery also. I am sure you will feel much better being home and probably resting much better to....Hope everyday brings more recovery....Hugs....Barb
  • Malloo
    Malloo vanessa88276

    Posted

    Glad you are home, now let the recovery begin. Make sure you don't jump about too much when you are watching football  and I'm sure if you keep falling asleep, you won't miss too much. X

  • renee01952
    renee01952 vanessa88276

    Posted

    hi vanessa, 

    checking in with you to see how you are doing ...

    hope you are doing well, considering your circumstances, of course - 

    remember to be gentle with yourself - you just had major surgery and your body needs tender loving care - not just your body, but also your soul ....

    angel blessings

    renee

     

    • vanessa88276
      vanessa88276 renee01952

      Posted

      Hi Renee had bad day yesterday just very painful and very stiff:-) xx today I'm having trouble I.e constipation:-( but leg feeling a little better at least:-) funny only had right done in December but boy did I forget what was coming lol hip replacements are like childbirth the pain is easily forgotten lol xx Think I may have overdone it a bit yesterday so am going to rest up today in preparation of tonights football x thank you for checking in on me its so nice to chat to people who understand lots of blessings to you and hope you are getting on just fine xxx

    • renee01952
      renee01952 vanessa88276

      Posted

      You know that you had 2 major surgeries within 6 months, right? 

      I felt the same as you do right now - For some reason nothing felt the same as 1st THR - well, at first I was over-confident and cocky , it felt so good --- Walking the way I thought was perfect etc (look, no hands!!!) -

      then it felt so wrong -- more pain in wound or hip and scar , upper leg , stif and heavy and then old new hip started to act up too - 

      but .... our body has not really recovered from 1st THR - especially when other hip was getting more and more painful - we just ploughed through ... and then the THR no.2 was performed - 

      it is OK, everything you feel is normal - even feelings of disappointment (they will come up)  - you are done and yet you are not - healing has just started darling !!!! 

      come back here anytime okay - 

       

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