This morning at 11 am, Stew and I are going to the hospital where he will be having his knee replacement. It is a pre-op appointment, where he answers all their questions, gets a pre-op assessment, meets with the physiotherapist to discuss post surgery and so on.
Any questions we have can be answered then as well.
My biggest concern is his pain levels, and how they will manage them after surgery. I don't want him in pain. I also don't want to listen to him moan and groan any longer!
It has been a long road to get to this point. It is three and a half weeks until his operation.
I'm starting to feel nervous for him. I want it all to just go really well, and have him back on his feet and walking 'normally' again.
First up for the day though, I'm off to the post office to post that FBG Runner to Leanne. I also have a couple of things on my list to get. Just boring shit like threads, a notebook, white card stock to make price tickets with... and so on.
After Stew's hospital appointment, I am going shopping for a new dress. Like I need yet another dress! Yep, seems I do.
ONWARD...
At least today they didn't have the thumping big, bloody noisy generator.
Stew and I arrived at the hospital in plenty of time, and then sat through a Physiotherapy 'lesson', aimed at educating him and the other 3 people having hip/knee surgery on how to move afterwards.
Then we met with the nurse, who took all the readings, blood pressure, medical history etc.
Very nice painting on the wall of native Blue Ducks (Whio).
I dropped him back to work after the appointment, then did some shopping. No new dress today. I ran outta steam.
Clothes shopping is an event all on it's own, I'll save it for another day.
It is now 2.50 pm, and I will not be going to Craft Group today, they will have already started packing up and embarking on afternoon tea. I don't need afternoon tea, having had lunch in Chartwell Square around 1.30 pm.
I'm off into Crabby Quarters to do my usual 'post sewing' tidy up, before embarking on more!
New dress! Hopefully very fun shopping!
ReplyDeleteVickie
Hi, I have friends who have had knee replacements and one had a double one and has done really well....my husband had a hip replacement 9 weeks ago and is doing really well....swimming etc...and back to doing his chores...lol...Peta
ReplyDeleteGood luck at the appointment and the dress shopping.
ReplyDeleteFrom people I know who have had knees done, there is a lot of pain post surgery for some weeks. There is often a small period of regret and wondering if they did the right thing. It will pass and it will be worth it in the long run. Get into physio as soon as he can after the op and do the exercises religiously even if it hurts and he doesn’t want to. The more he does this, the faster his healing will be.
ReplyDeleteI was able to walk fairly normally 4 weeks post op. I used to ride my exercycle every day once I felt better and each day extend my circle (ability to rotate full circle) plus lots of stretching. I never went to physio but did do the exercises given. I blogged about this in November 2020 if you want to read how it was for me. I was put on Tramadol but switched at the suggestion of Sparklingmerlot. The first two weeks were not great but after that the recovery was easy.
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