If you read this, try to make a comment. I have not mentioned the blog to many people, and I am enjoying the new experience of blogging, but I can't help but be a little curious about whether I am writing just for myself. I think you can just click on the word "Comments" at the bottom of each blog and then if you have an AIM account or Google or Yahoo or some such, you can log in and say hi.
Still getting better without complications, knock on wood. It seems to me that I am recovering as fast as anybody else who has blogged on hip surgery. Today K and I walked about 4 houses up the street. It was more effort than I expected, using the two elbow crutches, but I felt like I could go around the block. In fact, just so I can say I did it in the first week, we may try to go around the block tomorrow. Now, post shower and post Lortabs, and a few hours later I feel fine.
We had a couple of visitors today, men my age or a little older. One of them, at least, thought I looked so good he wanted to go out and get his joints x-rayed. It must be the Ted hose. They are truly killer.
I can't remember what I have blogged about the drugs. There is the largest prescription bottle I have ever seen, by 4X, of Lortabs. Also Oxycotin, Celebrex, Coumadin and Colase. The Lortabs seem like terrific Ibuprofen and go straight to the pain without much side effect. The Oxycontin, a synthetic heroin, makes me feel a little goofy and K and I may decide to skip a dose of that tomorrow morning. I took Celebrex years ago and didn't think it did anything for me. It feels about the same now. The Coumadin is closely monitored blood thinner and seems to be working fine -- I'm not too bruised up nor have I died of a blood clot. The Colase is a stool softener and I'm happy for it. I'm happy for the meds for now and can imagine that as the next week goes by I will be able to start weaning off quite quickly.
The drugs do help me sleep, which is good because I spend most of the night on my back. I normally like to turn from side to side during the night, so a little help sleeping on my back is nice. Otherwise I feel like I am getting plenty of sleep. Recovery on.
2 comments:
Mark and K. I must say I'm envious as a continue to pretend my own hips may last a few more years. Your writing style is very enjoyable and the content is my roadmap when the time comes. Maybe you should finish that book you spoke of writing when you left the money management business years ago. Your blog so far reminds me of the beginning of a Ken Follet plot with you and K apprehending criminal types somewhere in the mountains around Torrey as K nurses you along through recovery. In any case, we'll need to print a copy of the full blog for preparatory reading prior to my resurfacing(s).
Oxycontin scares the xx out of me, you hear about so many people addicted to it. I'm curious your opinion of drugs. Does your upbringing (parents polarized about the issue) inform your attitude about pharmaceuticals?
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