My recovery continues to go well and each day I get a little better and I heal a little more. I am now about 3.5 months post op and my hip has finally given up. I was walking last week but only just managing to cover 3ks and that was with a walking stick...I was able to complete 4 days last week however day 5 was horrendous and I was barely able to move. Each of the other walking days left me basically laid up unable to do much of anything. l have not walked this week but it has enabled me to at least move around the house(all be it with my walking stick) and not be just stuck. However nights are increasing less comfortable and I have not slept through the night for weeks now.
Since my surgery last December and up until late January I had been sleeping better than I have in years managing between 6-8hrs which is a record for me that I had not been able to achieve since before 2000. I am now back to my more regular 3-5 hours per night of broken sleep and there is only one culprit...my hip.
I was due to have a hip replacement last year about August however they decided that I was to have my GCS before they would do the hip replacement as the position required for GCS was going to be detrimental to my new hip. The unfortunate consequence to this was the damage the GCS did to my already fragile hip (I have spoken about waking up after surgery in a "little discomfort" in an earlier
post )so that now I am reduced to sitting. I called the hospital today to find out where I was on the surgery schedule as I had heard nothing since getting clearance for the replacement last month and they indicated to me that it was going to be May before it can be done. I impressed upon them that I am a priority 2 and my surgeon wanted it done August last year. The admissions clerk asked me a whole series of questions about my readiness and said she is going to try and get me in "much sooner". So I can only hope it is much much sooner...I will be as big as the side of a house if I can't get moving again soon.
Mentally I am Okay but disappointed about the weight gain after all my hard work getting it off. Looks like I may have to start again.
I have made up my mind about a couple of new activities which I will share with everyone once they are in place...the next couple of weeks should see me starting these new activities providing of course that I can walk which is not guaranteed. Will update again as soon as I have some news.
Liz
