Well today is now my third day post op and things are slowly starting to progress. Last night on the other hand was terrible, I got up at around 8:30 to do my stretching and physical therapy and was barley able to get any done before I had to lay back down. While I was trying to stretch I kept having intense shooting pain all throughout my quad and buttocks and couldn't help but think, mabye I fell into the category of the 10% that surgery dosen't help. But after a good night sleep I was able to get up this morning and do my exercises and stretches with minimal pain.
It's been a learning expierence these past couple of days, and I know that it won't be over anytime soon. This morning I sat up right on the couch with my legs hanging over the side, and I sat and stared at my right leg trying to lift it. I kept telling myself "just lift your leg, you can do it just a half inch" but the scary part is that I can't. I know that this will get better over time it's just creepy to stare at a part of you body and not be able to control it at all.
Oh I have a new obsession now, I'm addicted to my ice machine. It's basically a cooler with a pump in it. You fill it up with ice water and the pad gets strapped around you hip. Once you turn it on the cold water circulates through the pad constantly, keeping my hip at the perfect temperature.
Anyways that's all for now, I know that I'm doped up on Percocet and so most of this is just incoherent rambelings.
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